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Ajloog Eggplant Roasted Peppers Salad

Ajloog – Tunisian Eggplant and Roasted Peppers Salad

Course Salad
Cuisine African, Middle Eastern

Ingredients
  

  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 large eggplant
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 4-5 large garlic cloves
  • 1 tbs. lemon juice (the juice of one lemon)
  • 2 tsp. lemon zest (the zest of one lemon)
  • 1 tbs. harissa (or red hot pepper)
  • 1 tsp. sweet paprika
  • 1/4 tsp. black pepper
  • 1 tsp. salt

Instructions
 

  • Place whole peppers on a tray and roast for about 20 minutes in high broil oven.
  • Use tongs to rotate the peppers every few minutes as they get charred and blackened.
  • Transfer the hot roasted peppers into a sealed Ziploc bag and allow them to rest and steam for about 15 minutes.
  • Remove peppers from bag, peel the skin off and remove seeds, stem and connect pieces.
  • Cut eggplant into small cubes (about an inch).
  • Warm olive oil in large wide pan on medium-high heat.
  • Add eggplant cubes in one layer and cook until they are golden brown.
  • Make sure to turn them over in the pan for even cooking.
  • Finely chop garlic, add to the pan and cook for couple more minutes.
  • Add harissa and cook for another minute.
  • Chop roasted peppers and add to the pan. Add sweet paprika, black pepper and salt.
  • Zest a lemon, add to the salad and continue cooking for a few seconds. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice and mix it in.

Notes

A Reisterstown resident, Huppit Bartov Miller is an Israeli-American educator, cook and food blogger for afooda.com.