Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, vegetable moussaka. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Vegetable Moussaka is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Vegetable Moussaka is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have vegetable moussaka using 23 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Vegetable Moussaka:
Take 1 large Eggplants
Take 300 grams with skin Kabocha squash
Make ready 1/2 large Onion
Make ready 1 to 2 tablespoons Olive oil
Make ready 1 dash Coriander or Parsley
Make ready Chickpea tomato sauce
Get 1 can Chickpeas
Make ready 1 can Canned diced tomatoes
Prepare 1 tsp Olive oil
Take 2 clove Garlic
Take 1 tbsp White wine
Get 2 tbsp Ketchup
Take 1/2 tsp Soy sauce
Take 1 Bay leaf
Prepare 1 pinch each Herbs such as rosemary, thyme, and basil
Get 1 Salt and pepper
Take Yorgurt sauce
Take 200 ml Plain yogurt (unsweetened)
Get 1 Egg
Make ready 1/2 tsp or your preference Salt
Prepare 1 pinch Pepper
Make ready Cheese
Get 60 grams Your favorite kind of cheese (I used the mixture of mozzarella and parmesan cheese)
Steps to make Vegetable Moussaka:
Prepare the vegetables.
Cut the eggplant into 5 mm thick slices. Place in a colander, sprinkle some salt evenly and rub it with your hand.
Lay paper towel over the eggplant and place a weight on top of it. Let it sit for about 30 minutes to remove the bitterness from the eggplant.
Slice the onion and lightly sauté in a heated olive oil.
Cook the kabocha squash in a microwave. Remove the skin and cut into 1 cm think slices.
Rinse the eggplant and wipe off excess water.
In a skillet over medium heat, heat 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil and sauté the eggplant until browned. If it takes a long time to cook through, add a small amount of water.
For the chickpea tomato sauce.
Drain the chickpeas and lightly rinse it with water. Smash and mince the garlic.
In hot olive oil, sauté the garlic, then add all the ingredients for making the tomato sauce (except salt and pepper). Simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes.
Salt and pepper to taste at the end.
For the yogurt sauce.
Combine the yogurt and eggs really well and salt and pepper to taste.
Assemble: Preheat the oven to 180℃. 20 cm round heat proof container seems to be the right size for this recipe.
In a heat proof container, make layers with half of the eggplant, onion, kabocha squash, and the chickpea sauce in this order, then repeat again to complete the assembly.
Top it with cheese and pour the yogurt sauce over it. (It may be easier to avoid spilling by lifting up the ingredients with a spoon and pour the sauce in.)
Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the top becomes golden brown.
Sprinkle finely chopped coriander or parsley on top if desired.
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