Mussaka- مسقعة الباذنجان

For more on the recipe, check out
http://mimicooks.com/2007/12/mussaka.html
Mussaka is a popular dish in the Mediterranean countries. I have listed a basic vegetarian version of this recipe here although there are different variations such as adding cooked ground beef or lamb, or mix cooked chickpeas, add green peppers, garlic or hot spicy peppers, depending on what you like in your dish.

Ingredients:
- 2 big eggplants sliced into ½ inch thickness- I do not peel mine, I leave them with the skin on.
-Canola oil for frying
-1 to 2 medium diced onion
- 4 medium size fresh or canned diced tomatoes
- Small can of tomato paste
- Salt and black pepper to taste
-1/2 to 1 cup water

Directions:
-Slice eggplants into 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick slices
-Sprinkle the eggplants slices with salt to draw the moisture out
-Deep fry in canola oil until golden brown in color.
-Remove from pan, drain from oil over paper towels.
-Sauté the diced onions, I microwave it sometimes until golden brown color- I use a Pyrex baking dish
-Add tomato paste, water, salt and pepper and mix with the onions. This will be your sauce
-Layer the fried eggplants in the baking dish over the sauce
-Top with diced or sliced tomato
- Cover the baking pan with plastic wrap, I double the cover
-Microwave the pan for at least 20 minutes
-Broil the top for a desired baked color

if you want to use the conventional way of cooking, you may do this:
In a separate pot, sauté diced onions. Add tomato paste, water, salt and pepper. This will be your sauce that you will add to the layered eggplant in the baking pan. Boil the sauce for about five minutes. It will continue cooking when you bake it with the eggplants.
Pour the sauce mixture over the layered eggplants in the baking dish and spread evenly. Top with diced or sliced tomato.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake for about 45 minutes in a 350-400 Fahrenheit degree oven (depending on your oven temperature) until the edges are turning brown and the tomato sauce looks and smells cooked!
Remove the foil the last 5-10 minutes to brown the top.
Serve hot or at room temperature with white rice on the side.

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[Limelights1]

Tried it but with a stove and was good. The good thins is you have a consistent pattern/methodology so it becomes even easier to follow your steps and then use a bit of our own creativity. Lord bless you!

[cookingtheeasyway]

@Limelights1 , Thank you for watching and leaving a comment. I do celebrate Ramadan, thanks for your wishes.hope you have a very blessed Ramadan too. I have plenty of recipes, slow and quick, with meat and vegetarian/vegan, just check out my blog mimicooks .

[MyKari09]

YUMMY,YUMMY......CUANTO TIEMPO LE DAS EN EL HORNO CONVENCIONAL ? MUY BUENA ESTA COMIDA !

[cookingtheeasyway]

@MyKari09 , que hay que poner en el horno de 30-45 minutos, hasta que los bordes se ponen marrones y la parte superior se dore demasiado. gracias por venir y dejar un comentario

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[utubegurl2010]

couldn't u just wrap with aluminum foil and stick it in the oven. That's alot safer and healthier, I think, than with melting plastic with food. Just a note. The recipe look delicious over all.

[cookingtheeasyway]

@utubegurl2010 , yes i could have done that too but it would have taken a bit longer to cook. i like to cook in the microwave oven sometimes especially if i am short of time and also the tomato sauce gets cooked fully and becomes the way i like it when i make this dish in the microwave oven.

[souriayahabibati]

أنا أفضل  المسقعة تغميس مع الخبز العربي مع فليفلة خضراء ...ويمكن قلي جميع المكونات بدل الميكروويف .....

[happycalm13]

ايه الفن دا كله والطعامه دى عندى احساس انه طعمه جميل اوى

[lo0lo0007]

هذي كلها باذنجانه !!!

[Limelights1]

Not sure if you celebrate it, but Ramadaan kareem inshalla with all joy and wellness to you and your close ones.

Pls a slow cooker recipe whenever you can :)

[MyKari09]

YUMMY,YUMMY......

[cookingtheeasyway]

@June2xxx ,Thanks! hope the recipe wo.rks out for you