The vegetables are fried separately because of their cooking times: aubergine wants eight minutes, courgette four, pepper three. Put them in together and some burn while others soak up oil. Frying separately takes time but it is what makes şakşuka şakşuka.
Ingredients
For the vegetables
For the sauce
For the top
Method
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Salt the aubergine
Leave the diced aubergine in salted water for 20 minutes, then drain and dry it.
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Fry the aubergine
Fry in hot oil for 8 minutes, turning, until browned all over, then transfer to kitchen paper.
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Fry the courgette
Fry the courgette in the same oil for 4 minutes and transfer to kitchen paper.
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Fry the pepper
Fry the peppers for 3 minutes and lift them out.
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Make the sauce
Cook the garlic in olive oil for 30 seconds, add the tomato paste and grated tomato and cook for 12 minutes until thickened. Add the sugar and salt.
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Combine
Arrange the fried vegetables on a serving plate and pour the sauce over.
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Cool
Rest for 15 minutes and serve with garlic yoghurt and parsley.
Tips
- Fry the vegetables separately; put in together, some burn and others soak up oil.
- Soaking the aubergine in salted water halves how much oil it takes up.
- Do not cook the sauce with the vegetables, make it separately and pour it over.
Nutrition
Values are per serving and approximate.