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Wednesday 9 May 2012

Moussaka

There r 5 layers in moussaka i-e eggplants,red sauce,mince filling,white sauce and then mozzarella cheese.
Here is the recipe..

 first layer:

2 large eggplants (washed n cut in to round thin slices)
olive oil for frying

heat plenty of olive oil in a pan (not for deep fry but use good amount of oil) n fry eggplant slices until done.remove n transfer to an absorbent paper.
u can also bake or grill the eggplant slices but i like the fried ones :D
second layer:
red sauce
i used bottled pasta sauce   any other you can use.....or use your homemade red sauce.

mince filling:

400 gm beef or mutton mince or u can also use chicken mince
1 large onion chopped
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
oil
2 tomatoes,chopped
red chilli powder to taste
turmeric 1/4 tsp
 coriander powder 1 tsp
cumin powder 1/2 tsp
 salt
1 tsp vinegar

heat oil in a pan...saute onions till transparent.add ginger garlic paste.fry for few sec....add mince n fry on high heat until no pink shows....add tomatoes n all other spices.keep frying on high heat until all water dries out n u have a dry mince filling.

third layer:

white sauce
make white sauce by whisking butter,flour,salt n pepper with milk n set aside.make little thick consistency white sauce.

4th layer or top layer:


  mozzarella cheese (grated)

How to assemble:


preheat your oven to 180 degree with the upper griller on.take a baking dish...rectangle or round or oval.grease it with olive oil or normal oil.layer fried eggplant slices in the way to cover all the bottom of the dish.then spread some red sauce all over it.dun spread too much sauces.then layer with mince filling.then spread white sauce all over the mince filling.now repeat the layers once again in the same manner which is egg plants,red sauce,mince n white sauce.now on the top...sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese all over the top.sprinkle with dried oregano.put a fried piece of egg plant in the middle on the top if desired to give it a beautiful look.....n bake for about 15 min or until cheese starts bubbling n golden from top.

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