I stumbled upon an Israeli recipe which is called Shakshuka. There are restaurants in Israel entirely devoted to the serving of Shakshuka. So I rolled up my non existent sleeves - hey guys, it is summertime here and we are in the middle of a heatwave - and decided for dinner we would go Vegetarian. Which would be the second night in a row for us - I wonder if I could stretch it to one week and someone wouldn't notice - oops just spotted a pink pig in flight whistling by the window. Yes, Shakshuka would be our meal of choice (well the cook's meal of choice to be perfectly honest).
The dish is very simple. Tomatoes are the base ingredient of the dish. So it stands to reason you start off with these
Then the following are added. See that beautiful red chilli there - grown in the garden of yours truly, as were the above tomatoes
Now it's time to start cooking, and first into the pot, with some olive oil, is finely diced onion
After that has softened, the chilli and garlic are added. From a colour perspective, in the below photo it is a case of Ten Points if you can Spot the Garlic
Now it's time to add the capsicum
Oh yes, you are looking (and smelling) good. When all is nice and soft, time to put in the tomatoes
Not forgetting the spices which were cumin, paprika, cayenne and sugar. The next step is the final surprise ingredient. You didn't think that was it did you?
And your dish finally looks like this and is ready to eat with some good crusty bread to mop up the juices, and a glass of good red wouldn't go amiss
And that my darlings, is your introduction to Shakshuka. Now shak your shuka's and go and do some work!
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