Moussaka

This is a great dish, with a slighty sweet hint in the spiced meat, but the warming baked feel that is similar to lasagne. Can't get enough! Although this has meat, the mince can be replaced with lentils and cooked for a while longer for a vegetarian version.

Ingredients:

2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
500 g mince meat
1 tin tomatoes
Vegetable or beef stock cube
1 tablespoon of mixed spice (cinammon, nutmeg and cloves will do)
2 teaspoons of cumin powder
2 large aubergines (eggplant) sliced to 1 cm width
Salt and pepper
750 mls milk
4 tablespoons white flour
1 cube of butter
Cheese for topping (grated mozarella or parmesan)

Method:

1. Fry the onions and garlic until softened
2. Add the mince meat and stir in spices and seasoning until the meat has turned a brown colour
3. Add the tinned tomotoes, stock cube and 250ml of water. Allow to simmer and let the flavours dissapate through the meat mixture.
4. In the meanwhile make the white sauce. Melt the butter in a heavy based pan, and heat the milk with it. Do not let the milk boil. Then add the flour teaspoon by teaspoon, whisking thouroughly so there are no lumps. Add seasoning as required. After about 5 minutes this should become a thick sauce. Dont let it become too thick so that it cannot fall of the spoon easily!
5. In a deep baking dish layer the meat, aubergines and white sauce until full. Sprinkle with cheese.
6. Place the dish in a preheated oven for 45 minutes to one hour. The mixture should be bubbling slightly and crispy on top but do not let it burn!

This ia great dish to serve at a dinner party, a large family gathering or to keep and eat for left-overs the next day!

Donations

Any pennies, cetavos, cents would be most welcome and a great help to the kitchen stores!

La idea

Bienvenidos a mi blog de recetas faciles y rapidos. Quiero compartir mis recetas y mi amor de cocinar comidas ricas, rapidas y economicas. Naci en Londres, pero vivo ahora en Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Trato a ensenar recetas interesantes de todo el mundo, que pueden ser cocinado con ingredientes sencillos y baratos.

Mi familia son de la India, y por eso muchas de mis recetas son picantes, con especias o con un sabor de la India. Aprendi de mi abuela, una ama de casa maravillosa y la mejor cocinera (en mi opinion). Sin embargo, muchas recetas son de otros partes de mundo, reflejando el variedad de cultura en Londres. Voy a poner fotos de lo que cocino, y todo son provados por mi novio, quien es argentino!

Si algien tiene alguna pregunta, por favor contactame, seria muy bienvenidos!

The idea

Welcome to my quick and easy recipe blog. My idea is to share my recipe ideas and my love of cooking fast, cheap and tasty meals! Originally from London I am now based in Argentina, and this had made cooking my normal variety a bit more difficult. I will attempt to show how interesting recipes from all over the world can be cooked using uncomplicated ingredients on a budget.

My family are Indian, so a lot of my recipes are spicy or have an Indian theme. I learnt to cook from my grandmother, a wonderful housewife and the best cook (in my opinion)! However, a lot of recipes I use are based on the variety we ate at home in London. I will publish pictures of the different recipes, which I test on my Argentine boyfriend. He is a great guinea pig!

If anyone has any particular requests or comments, they would be most welcome!