Zaalouk
Smoky eggplant and tomato salad enriched with garlic and olive oil—a mezze essential.
Ingredients
Scaled from 4 base servings — local only.
- 3 largeeggplant
- 4 mediumtomatoes
- 4 wholegarlic cloves
- 4 mlolive oil
- 1 tbspground cumin
- 1 tbsppaprika
- 0.25 tbspfresh parsley
Instructions
Char eggplants over flame or under broiler until collapsed; peel and chop roughly.
Grate tomatoes and simmer with garlic and spices until thick.
Fold in eggplant and cook until jammy. Adjust salt and cumin.
Cool slightly and serve at room temperature with warm bread.
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