Simple Way to Make Ultimate Vegetable Moussaka

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, vegetable moussaka. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Vegetable Moussaka is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Vegetable Moussaka is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook vegetable moussaka using 23 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Vegetable Moussaka:

1. Make ready 1 large Eggplants
2. Take 300 grams with skin Kabocha squash
3. Make ready 1/2 large Onion
4. Prepare 1 to 2 tablespoons Olive oil
5. Take 1 dash Coriander or Parsley
6. Make ready Chickpea tomato sauce
7. Get 1 can Chickpeas
8. Make ready 1 can Canned diced tomatoes
9. Prepare 1 tsp Olive oil
10. Take 2 clove Garlic
11. Prepare 1 tbsp White wine
12. Get 2 tbsp Ketchup
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp Soy sauce
14. Take 1 Bay leaf
15. Prepare 1 pinch each Herbs such as rosemary, thyme, and basil
16. Take 1 Salt and pepper
17. Get Yorgurt sauce
18. Prepare 200 ml Plain yogurt (unsweetened)
19. Make ready 1 Egg
20. Take 1/2 tsp or your preference Salt
21. Get 1 pinch Pepper
22. Make ready Cheese
23. Make ready 60 grams Your favorite kind of cheese (I used the mixture of mozzarella and parmesan cheese)

Steps to make Vegetable Moussaka:

1. Prepare the vegetables.
2. Cut the eggplant into 5 mm thick slices. Place in a colander, sprinkle some salt evenly and rub it with your hand.
3. Lay paper towel over the eggplant and place a weight on top of it. Let it sit for about 30 minutes to remove the bitterness from the eggplant.
4. Slice the onion and lightly sauté in a heated olive oil.
5. Cook the kabocha squash in a microwave. Remove the skin and cut into 1 cm think slices.
6. Rinse the eggplant and wipe off excess water.
7. In a skillet over medium heat, heat 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil and sauté the eggplant until browned. If it takes a long time to cook through, add a small amount of water.
8. For the chickpea tomato sauce.
9. Drain the chickpeas and lightly rinse it with water. Smash and mince the garlic.
10. In hot olive oil, sauté the garlic, then add all the ingredients for making the tomato sauce (except salt and pepper). Simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes.
11. Salt and pepper to taste at the end.
12. For the yogurt sauce.
13. Combine the yogurt and eggs really well and salt and pepper to taste.
14. Assemble: Preheat the oven to 180℃. 20 cm round heat proof container seems to be the right size for this recipe.
15. In a heat proof container, make layers with half of the eggplant, onion, kabocha squash, and the chickpea sauce in this order, then repeat again to complete the assembly.
16. Top it with cheese and pour the yogurt sauce over it. (It may be easier to avoid spilling by lifting up the ingredients with a spoon and pour the sauce in.)
17. Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until the top becomes golden brown.
18. Sprinkle finely chopped coriander or parsley on top if desired.

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