Eggplant and Ground Beef "Messaka"

Famous Egyptian food.

Fried eggplant
ground beef
tomato sauce
green pepper
salt, pepper, cumin
onion
garlic
oil for cooking

Peel eggplant and slice it.

Spray eggplant with oil and roast in oven with high temperature, or deep fry the eggplant and keep it in strainer overnight to get rid of extra oil.

Chop the onion in small pieces and fry it to golden and add the ground beef. Add salt, black pepper, and cumin.

Put a layer of eggplant then the ground beef add the minced garlic and the green pepper.

Add another layer of the eggplant.

Add the tomato sauce on the top.

Cook in the oven for 30 minutes in medium temperature.

Submitted by SparkPeople user HALOLA. Found at: SparkPeople