Shakshuka (Eggs Poached in a Spicy Tomato Sauce)
Ingredients – Serves 2:
– 4 eggs
– 200g cooked haricot beans (you could use chickpeas or any bean though)
– 2 cans of chopped tomatoes
– 3 garlic cloves, crushed
– 1 jalapeno, diced
– 1 onion, diced
– 1 yellow pepper, diced
– 1 tsp cumin
– 1 tbsp smoked paprika
– 2 tbsp feta cheese
– 4 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
– 2 spring onions/scallions
– 2 tbsp green olives, sliced
– 2 wholewheat pita breads
1) Heat some oil in a pan and add the onion, pepper, jalapeno and garlic and cook for 4 minutes until softened.
2) Add the tomatoes, beans, cumin and paprika and cook for 5 minutes.
3) Crack the eggs on top of the tomato mixture and cook until the whites of the egg have set – around 10 minutes.
4) Grill your pita breads to head them up.
5) Scatter the spring onions/scallions, parsley, feta and olive on top of the eggs and tomatoes and serve with pita breads to dip in.
Angies Grapevine 