Recipe of Award-winning Vegetarian moussaka

Vegetarian moussaka. Pour in vinegar, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium-low; cook until liquid is reduced in volume and thick. In this vegetarian moussaka, a scrumptious tomato-lentil sauce--with a fragrant pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon--is nestled between quick-roasted vegetables, including tender eggplant. And of course to top our eggplant casserole is none other than creamy bechamel sauce!

Moussaka is one of our favorite Greek dishes. It's an eggplant based dish that is traditionally made with ground beef. Here we swapped the meat with lentils to make this an even heartier vegetarian.

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we're going to make a distinctive dish, vegetarian moussaka. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vegetarian moussaka is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it's fast, it tastes delicious. Vegetarian moussaka is something which I've loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Pour in vinegar, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium-low; cook until liquid is reduced in volume and thick. In this vegetarian moussaka, a scrumptious tomato-lentil sauce--with a fragrant pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon--is nestled between quick-roasted vegetables, including tender eggplant. And of course to top our eggplant casserole is none other than creamy bechamel sauce!

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegetarian moussaka using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Vegetarian moussaka:

1. {Prepare 3 cups of Boiled Pasta.
2. {Make ready 1 of Zucchini cut in sliced.
3. {Prepare 3-4 of Eggplant cut in sliced.
4. {Prepare 1-2 of Tomato cut in sliced.
5. {Make ready of For the red sauce:.
6. {Take 3 of Tomato.
7. {Make ready 1 tsp of Oregano.
8. {Get 1 tsp of Cumin Seed.
9. {Prepare 1 cup of Chopped Olives/Mushroom/ or both.
10. {Prepare 1 cup of Chopped Parsley/ Kale or Spinach.
11. {Take 1 tsp of Corn flour.
12. {Prepare 3-4 of Green Chilli finely chopped(no or less depending on taste).
13. {Take 1 tsp of Olive Oil.
14. {Make ready of For the Béchamel sauce:.
15. {Prepare 5 cups of whole milk.
16. {Make ready 1 tsp of Olive oil.
17. {Make ready 3/4 cup of All purpose flour.
18. {Make ready 1 cup of Parmesan cheese/ Mayonnaise.
19. {Make ready of Salt and pepper As per taste.

It is a layered casserole traditionally made with eggplant, cheese, meat sauce, and béchamel, a white sauce where warm milk is whisked into a butter-flour mixture. Vegetarian Moussaka is a classic Greek dish that it's packed full of flavor and textures. Layers of eggplants, zucchinis, spinach, feta, potatoes, and tomato sauce with a hint of cinnamon and cheesy béchamel, marry together to create an unforgettable experience. Layer the vegetables in the same procedure as lasagna, alternating the different vegetables.

Steps to make Vegetarian moussaka:

1. Baked sliced vegetable at 425 Fahrenheit till golden almost 7-10 mins.
2. For red sauce: can use ready pasta sauce or tomato, but here I blend 3 tomatoes with Oregano, black pepper.
3. Now heat 1 tsp oil, add cumin seeds, then roast olives for 3-4 mins and add tomato purée along with corn flour and chilles.
4. Add spinach,salt and cook mix well and cook till thick like pasta sauce.
5. For Bechamel Sauce: In pan take oil, add flour, salt and pepper mix well then add milk and cheese or mayo, whisk well on slow flame.
6. Once it cook well and pretty much thick, off the flame. In baking tray spray it with oil then add pasta,layer of baked vegetables then tomato sauce and layered with bechmel.
7. Again place some veggies and oregano and baked till golden brown at 425 F in oven..

Season between the layers with salt, pepper and parsley. Save most of the tomatoes for the top layer. Vegetarian Moussaka Most of the times when you taste a very flavorful dish, like Moussaka for example, and then try its Vegetarian version, it might leave you a bit disappointed and have you really missing that meat inside. This is not the case with this Vegetarian Moussaka. Lately, I've been making it over and over again. "Moussaka or musaka, often written as musakka, is a meat and vegetable stew, originally made from sliced aubergine (eggplant), meat, and tomatoes, and preferably cooked in an oven.

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