Name: MOUSSAKA recipe by Swati Mookherjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 1 eggplant thinly sliced; For filling -; chicken mince 250; 3 medium sized onion sliced; 6/7 cloves chopped; tomato ketchup 2 tblspn; Pizza sauce 2 tblspn; pepper powder 1 tspn; all spice powder 1 tspn; Red chilly powder 1 tspn; cinnamon powder 1 tspn; oragano 1/2 tspn; Salt; coriander leaves chopped; white oil (preferably olive oil); Grated cheese; 1 egg white; for bechamel sauce-; 2tblspn all purpose flour; 2 tblspn butter; Salt; nutmeg piwder 1/4 tspn; oragano 1/4 tspn; Pepper powder 1/2 tspn; 100/120 ml milk; For topping -; Chopped Coriander; grated permesan cheese; chilly flakes

ABOUT MOUSSAKA RECIPE

a greek or east europe recipe including spiced mince lamb/chicken/veggies which has a base of sliced eggplant/pototao mingling with a bechamel sauce crust over the top

Ingredients Serving: 3

1 eggplant thinly sliced
For filling -
chicken mince 250
3 medium sized onion sliced
6/7 cloves chopped
tomato ketchup 2 tblspn
Pizza sauce 2 tblspn
pepper powder 1 tspn
all spice powder 1 tspn
Red chilly powder 1 tspn
cinnamon powder 1 tspn
oragano 1/2 tspn
Salt
coriander leaves chopped
white oil (preferably olive oil)
Grated cheese
1 egg white
for bechamel sauce-
2tblspn all purpose flour
2 tblspn butter
Salt
nutmeg piwder 1/4 tspn
oragano 1/4 tspn
Pepper powder 1/2 tspn
100/120 ml milk
For topping -
Chopped Coriander
grated permesan cheese
chilly flakes

Instructions

add salt to the washed eggplant slices and keep in cloth to dry
heat oil in wok add onions
add boiled chicken mince and salt,fry them together
add chopped garlic
add the spices and tomato ketchup and pizza sauce and saute them untill water will absorb
then add grated cheese, mix. switch off the flame
wait few min to cool this slightly then mix the egg white into it. keep aside
shallow fry the eggplant slices
now make the bechamel sauce -
add butter in wok & melt it
add flour into this and mix.
now add cooled milk into it but in batches and mix. untill get a desire consistency
add the saesonings/spices/herbs into the sauce
cool it down slightly & add 1 egg yolk,mix
now grease the baking plate and place the fried eggplants first
now make a layer of mince
spread some grated permesan cheese
the again make the same layers of eggplants & spice-cooked mince
add the sauce over the layers and put chopped coriander, grated cheese and chilly flakes
bake 12 min in 200degree celsius or till the top would get brown
cut into pieces with knife and serve

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