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Sabich - Eggplant and Egg Pita Sandwich
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Sabich - Eggplant and Egg Pita Sandwich

Israeli sabich - a juicy pita sandwich with fried eggplant, hard-boiled egg and tahini

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Tahini sauce

  1. 1
    Mix the tahini, lemon juice and garlic.
  2. 2
    Gradually add cold water while stirring, until the sauce is smooth, pale and pourable.
    💡When you add the first water, the tahini thickens and looks like dough: that's fine. Keep adding water and stirring, and it loosens into a smooth sauce.

To assemble

  1. 3
    Boil the eggs for 12 minutes, until hard, then cool and peel.
    StovePot
  2. 4
    Slice the eggplants into 1 cm rounds and brush them with the olive oil, salt and paprika.
    KnifeCutting board
    💡For grilling, brush the oil on the slices rather than pouring it into the pan: eggplant soaks up whatever is in the pan, and a thin coat gives browning without greasiness.
  3. 5
    Grill the eggplant slices in a hot grill pan, until golden on both sides.
    StoveGrill pan
  4. 6
    Open the pitas and spread tahini sauce inside.
  5. 7
    Arrange the eggplant and slices of hard-boiled egg in the pita.
550calories
19 gprotein
51 gcarbs
28 gfat
● protein 14%● carbs 38%● fat 48%

Per serving (336 g), of 4 servings

For the Tahini sauce · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Grill pan · Also works: Cast-iron pan (No grill marks) · Charcoal grill (Outdoors) · Broiler (Broiler)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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