May 13, 2007
Dr. Shakshuka
Dr. Shakshuka serves the best Shakshuka in the country. It's located in a dodgy looking part of Yafo.
Shakshuka is made like this:
Put some olive oil in a pan and heat it. Lightly fry a bunch of onion rings and chopped cloves of garlic in the oil, but don't let them get too brown.
Throw in a handful of chopped, hot green peppers. Shakshuka is supposed to be very spicy. Dried chilies will also work. Then add Sweet Paprika powder, Cumin and Salt to taste.
Chuck in a bunch of finely chopped tomatoes, stir and let it simmer until it looks sauce-like. This is usually done in ten minutes.
Finally, you break your eggs and put them onto the sauce without breaking the yolk. Do not stir, do not touch, just let the egg stiffen somewhat in and on the sauce.
Serve straight out of the pan with some white bread. For carnivores there's the option of throwing fried margaz sausages or boiled lamb into the thing. My personal favourite is with the hot margaz sausages.
Posted by Chris at May 13, 2007 10:25 AM