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🇲🇦 Moroccan · 🏙️ Marrakech
🍆 Zaalouk (Moroccan Eggplant Dip)
4 servings · 35 min
The dish's story
A legendary Jemaa el-Fna institution at the entrance to Mechoui Alley, recommended by Xtreme Foodies' 'Essential Eats' specifically for its beef tangia cooked overnight in the embers of a hammam furnace, alongside its underground-oven mechoui.
📋 Xtreme Foodies (Essential Eats)🍴 Traditional Moroccan mezze recipe — Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha
📋 recipe source: Taste of MarocMore in Marrakech
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Chez Lamine Hadj Mustapha
Tangia (slow-cooked lamb/beef)
Ingredients
- • eggplants 2 medium
- • ripe tomatoes, grated 2
- • garlic cloves, minced 3
- • olive oil 3 tbsp
- • ground cumin 1 tsp
- • paprika 1/2 tsp
- • fresh cilantro, chopped 3 tbsp
- • lemon juice 1 tbsp
Method
- 1 Roast or char eggplants until collapsed; scoop flesh and chop roughly.
- 2 Sauté garlic in olive oil, add grated tomato and spices; cook 10 minutes.
- 3 Mash in eggplant and simmer until thick.
- 4 Finish with cilantro and lemon; serve warm or room temp with bread.