Last Thursday I was out of options on what to cook , I wanted it to be quick , easy and also different .I bought luvly green marrows two days before and bought eggplant ( brinjal ) at my local veggie shop .Ah ! I remember cooking a dish called "mousaka" when I was at college (ages ago ) couldnt quite remember the entire recipe , so I tried my own mousaka dish , and it came out really delicious ! My mom walked in when I was preparing this dish and said " die lyk lekker " and decided she was gona stay for supper . After the meal she said " nou die was baie lekker , jy moet dit op jou bog sit "!

Here goes some luvly cape (not greek ) mousaka !

Recipe:

2 large onions

1 large tomato

1 kilo steak mince ( you may use little less if a small family )

1 teaspoon salt

1 green chilli

1 teaspoon portuguese spice

1 garlic and ginger mix

1 teaspoon leafmasala

1 teaspoon jeera

3 allspice

2 large brinjals

4 small marrows or 1 very large one

5 potatoes

some grated cheese

flour

white sauce (you may use the packet mixture )

Method:

Braise onions with garlic , ginger paste and all spice.When soft and transparent add chopped tomato and mince. Cook for about five minutes then add all the above spices and about half a cup of water , cook until all the water is absorbed . Place mince into a large casserole dish and put aside . Cut potatoes , brinjals (let it lay in salt water for about ten minutes , then drain completely ) and marrow into round slices (not too thin ) .Fry potatoes till half done , put aside.Dip brinjals into flour mixed with some portuguese spice , salt and leaf masala .Fry it in a pan with some olive oil , when done do the same with the marrow and fry it in olive oil as well.

Layer the marrow then the brinjals on top of the mince and lastly add the potatoes . I made on some white sauce and poured it over the mixture . Add some grated cheese on top of white sauce and pop it into a pre heated oven for about 30 min on 180 c .You may eat this as is , but my family loves rice , thus we had it with fluffy white rice mmmmm! There you go Rushaan's Mousaka .You will thoroughly enjoy cooking this meal as well as eating it insha Allah.

Rushaan