Shakshuka
HB-4699 · Hand-built original · Middle Eastern
Eggs poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce with cumin and smoked paprika, finished with feta and cilantro.
Middle EasternMain Dish
Main ingredient: eggs
Serving count not stated for this recipe, so quantities are shown as written.
Ingredients
- 1 onion (minced)
- 1 red bell pepper (diced)
- 2 red chilies (minced)
- 4 cloves garlic (minced)
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp cumin seed or powder
- 1.5 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp red chili powder
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 28 oz can whole peeled tomatoes
- Salt and pepper
- 4 eggs
- Feta cheese
- Cilantro (chopped)
- Crusty bread
Method
- Heat the olive oil in a wide pan and soften the onion, bell pepper and chillies with salt and pepper until starting to colour.
- Add the garlic and cook until fragrant.
- Stir in the cumin, smoked paprika, chilli powder and tomato paste and cook until the paste darkens slightly.
- Add the tomatoes, break them up, season, and simmer until the sauce thickens a little.
- Make wells in the sauce, crack an egg into each, cover, and cook until the whites are just set.
- Scatter with feta and cilantro and serve with crusty bread.
Nutrition not computed — no serving count in the source recipe (per-serving values cannot be derived without one).