Recipe - Potato And Lentil Moussaka

600 g Brinjals; cut or sliced up into 5mm
slices
1 cup Whole brown lentils
2 One half cup Water
1 lg Onion chopped
1 Leek chopped
Garlic to taste
1 Stalk celery chopped
1 Red or green pepper; chopped
300 g Mushrooms; cut or sliced up
1 cup Chopped green beans
400 g Tomatoes peeled and chopped
or
1 cn Tomatoes chopped
2 teaspoon Sugar
2 ml Cinnamon!
Parsley; origanum and basil
to taste
Cornflour or potato flour to
thicken
4 lg Potatoes; peeled chopped
and steamed until tender
1 cup Soya milk
3 ml Baking powder
1 pn Dry mustard

From: Jeanette Hohls hohlsj@phsc.unp.ac.za

Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 17:00:50 +0200
Today I adapted a SSAD (Standard South African Diet!) recipe for Lentil
moussaka and it turned out very well so I thought I would share it. It
originally had a cheese sauce and egg topping, but I try and avoid dairy
products as much as possible. The original aslo asked to fry the brinjal
(eggplant or aubergine) slices, but grilling them worked just as well.

Sprinkle the brinjal slices with salt and leave to stand in a colander.
Boil the lentils in the water and simmer for 50 minutes. In the meantime,
"fry" the onions leek and garlic with the celery and peppers, until soft,
stirring frequently. Add the mushrooms and cook for a few more minutes. Add
the tomatoes, sugar, cinnamon and herbs and cook for 1520 minutes. Thicken
with cornflour if necessary. Add the lentils and simmer for a while. While
the sauce is cooking, rinse and pat the brinjal slices dry and place on a
baking sheet. Grill both sides until nicely browned. Cover an ovenproof
casserole with half the slices and top with the lentil mixture. Cover with
the remaining brinjal slices. Use the soya milk and some cornflour the make
a thick white sauce and season with salt, pepper and dry mustard powder.
Mash cooked potatoes with the white sauce and baking powder (I used a
blender) and season to taste. Spoon over moussaka, sprinkle with paprika
and bake for 30 minutes at 180C or 360F. Grill for a few minutes to brown
the top.

fatfree digest V96 #218

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