afoona
Mechouia - Roasted Pepper and Eggplant Salad
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Mechouia - Roasted Pepper and Eggplant Salad

Traditional Tunisian roasted vegetable salad

⏱ 50 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Roasted Vegetables

  1. 1
    Arrange the eggplants, peppers, green peppers and tomatoes on a baking sheet.
    Baking pan
  2. 2
    Roast the eggplants, peppers, green peppers and tomatoes whole in a hot oven (220°C / 430°F) 30 minutes, turning (whole eggplants: up to an hour), until the skin is blackened and the flesh completely soft.
    ⚙ Oven roastingOvenBakeware
    💡Give it room in the pan: crowded vegetables steam instead of browning.
  3. 3
    Transfer to a bowl, cover tightly and leave 10 minutes.
    Bowl
    💡The steam in the covered container separates the skin from the flesh, so it comes off easily. Don't rinse under water: the smoky flavor washes away with it.
  4. 4
    Peel off the charred skin, remove the stem and seeds from the peppers and drain off the liquid (leave the eggplant in a colander 15–30 minutes).
    Colander
    💡Drain the roasted eggplant 15–30 minutes: its bitter juices dilute the salad.
  5. 5
    Chop the eggplant flesh with a knife.
    KnifeCutting board
    💡Chop with a knife, not a blender: that way fibers and chunks remain, and the texture doesn't turn to mush.

To assemble

  1. 6
    Chop the roasted vegetables fine and mix with the garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, caraway and salt.
    KnifeCutting board
    💡Serve at room temperature: the chill of the fridge mutes the smoky flavor.
  2. 7
    Arrange on a plate and top with the olive oil, olives and hard-boiled egg.
204calories
4 gprotein
14 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 30%● fat 61%

Per serving (408 g), of 4 servings

For the Roasted Vegetables · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Baking pan · Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
  • 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)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)

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