Tepsi Baytinjan#EattheWorld

Tepsi Baytinjan, a very popular Iraqi casserole dish, usually served with rice. The main ingredient of the dish is aubergine/brinjal/eggplant (baytinjan translated means aubergine/brinjal/eggplant). Similar to moussaka, the dish consists of layers of vegetables and meat, covered in a sauce and baked.
Join us in Eat the World..as we celebrate Christmas - Secret Santa party, wherein we are asked to make a recipe of that blog of any recipe post with #EattheWorld. 

I am given Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm and I have chosen Tepsi Baytinjan. 

Check the above link for the original recipe.  I have made just two minor changes in the recipe- added curry powder to the meatballs and other is that I rolled the meatballs in the eggplant slice. I took a small size dish -6" square dish it was small for the quantity, while baking the sauce spilled over so take a 7" dish for baking for this much quantity. You can used lamb or mutton mince to make this dish.

Serves 3 - 4
Ingredients
1 Medium Eggplant- sliced into thin slices
1 Medium Onion - sliced
2 Medium Tomatoes - sliced
3 + 3 Cloves Garlic - minced
250 Grams Beef mince
1/2 Teaspoon Curry Powder
1 Medium Potato - sliced into roundles
Olive oil as required
Salt & Black pepper - to taste
250 Ml Tomato Sauce 
Method

Grease a 7 inch deep baking dish and set aside. 

Heat about 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over med high heat. Season the eggplant with salt and pepper. Brown on both sides in the skillet.
Season the potato slices with salt and pepper and brown in the same skillet on each side until golden but not necessarily cooked through.
Place the onion into the skillet and cook until softened and browned. Layer over the potatoes. Layer the tomato slices over the top.
Mix the remaining garlic, curry powder, salt and pepper into the minced beef. Form into meatballs 1-2" oval shaped. Add more oil to the same skillet and brown the meatballs all over.

Lay a eggplant slice and place a meatball in it. 

Roll it until the meatball is covered.

Combine half of the garlic with the tomato sauce and pour over the casserole.

Pour the sauce over it and garnish with parsley.

Baked it in a preheated at 180°C, for about 35-45 minutes.

Serve over steamed rice.

Labels: Casserole, Meatball, Eggplant, Potato, Baked, Eat the World, Iraq, International Cuisine 


Each month a group of us join Evelyne of CulturEatz as she travels to different countries to Eat the World.  This month it's secret Santa wherein we can choose any dish by the blog assigned to us.

Check out all the wonderful recipe exchanges as we celebrate the Holidays. Everybody picked a fellow Eat the World member in secret and was asked to make a recipe from any past ETW posts. Share with #eattheworld. Click here to find out how to join and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!

Pandemonium Noshery: Ottolenghi’s Burnt Eggplant Salad 

Evelyne at Cultureatz: Gromperekichelcher: Potato Fritters from Luxembourg 

Sneha’s Recipe: Baytinjan 

A Day in the Life on the Farm: Hadgi Badah iraqi cardamom cookies 

Culinary Adventures with Cam: Iraqi Lamb Stew

Asparagus With Cheese Sauce#Baking Bloggers

This baked asparagus in cheese is a simple vegetarian starter or side dish that's delicious to enjoy. This is so quick to make, you can also assemble it in advance if you are serving for a party, just before you guest arrive pop this into the oven.. ta da.. a beautiful side dish is ready.

Serves 2

Ingredients
150 Grams Asparagus
2 Tablespoons Butter
2 Tablespoons All Purpose Flour
2 cups Milk
1 Teaspoon English mustard
A splash of Worcestershire sauce
200 Grams Grated Cheddar Cheese,
Salt & Pepper to taste

Method
Preheat oven to 180°C .
Grease an oven proof dish.

Blanch the asparagus in salted water, remove and place in a bowl of ice cold water with ice cubes. When cold, drain and place in the greased dish.Melt butter in a pan, add the flour. Cook, stirring for a few minutes till it turns light brown and the flour is cooked. Don’t brown it too much. Slowly whisk in the milk to form a smooth sauce. Add the mustard and Worcestershire sauce.

Season with salt and pepper and add in a half of the cheese, mix it well and pour over the asparagus. Sprinkle the remaining grated cheddar cheese on top. 

Place the dish in a preheated oven and bake until cheese is golden brown and bubbling, about 10-15 minutes. 

Enjoy this warm.

Labels: Baked, Asparagus, Casserole, Main course, Side Dish, Cheese Sauce, Baking Bloggers, Serves Two, Vegetarian 

Baking Bloggers

Springtime Asparagus

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Veg Pierogi Casserole#BakingBloggers

This Pierogi Casserole is rich, full of flavor and  makes a hearty meal. It's a wonderful change from the normal meal that we have at home. I served this with sour cream and some salad, which was so enjoyable and filling.  

This portion looks so little and one will think, how can this fill two  as meal, but it's so rich, heavy,  with the  sour cream and salad it's sorted. 

Serves 2
Ingredients  
3 Medium Potatoes - boiled and  peeled 
½ Cup Warm Milk
2 Tablespoons + 1 Tablespoon Heaped Butter
1 Larges Onions - finely  chopped
2 Cloves Garlic -  minced
3 Sheets Large Instant Lasagna 
1 Cups Shredded Cheddar cheese - or as required
Salt, Black Pepper powder & Red Chilly Flakes  to taste
1 Cup Sour Cream

Method

In a bowl add the milk , 2 tablespoons heaped butter and microwave for a 30 seconds on high powder or till the butter melts. Keep aside to cool. 
Boil the potatoes in a large pot with water  and a pinch of salt and cook until the potatoes are tender. Remove from heat, drain and cool. When cooled peel and mash them. Combine the milk ,butter with mashed potatoes, mix well, set aside.

Melt the remaining one tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Saute the onion and garlic in the butter for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the onions start to caramelize, season with salt and pepper. Switch of the flame and let is cool a little. Grease an oval 5 inch Pyrex dish with butter well.

Place a thick layer of the mashed potatoes into the bottom of a baking dish.

Top this with 1/2 of the onion and sprinkle of cheese, a dash of salt, red chilly flakes and black pepper.  

Arrange a layer of instant lasagna noodles, pack the dish by arranging pieces of the lasagna sheets. Repeat this with half of the remaining mashed potatoes, another layer of onion then the cheese and a layer lasagna.

Then again the remaining mashed potatoes
                             

then a good layer of cheese a sprinkle of red chilly flakes and black pepper.

Cover the baking dish with aluminium foil and bake,175°C for 35 minutes, remove the aluminium foil and again bake for another 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bubbly.

As you can see when I removed the foil some of the cheese got stuck to the foil so I patched with cheddar cheese slices and baked it again.

Serve with sour cream and  fresh salad. We had this as our meal and it was super delicious.

Enjoy!!

Labels : Vegetarian, Casserole, Poland, Baked, Mashed Potatoes, Sour Cream, Onion, Garlic, Gluten Free, Main Course, Cheddar Cheese, Baking Bloggers

Baking Bloggers

September 2020: Polish Baking

Baba Kartoflana - Polish Potato Pie from Food Lust People Love
Babki Śmietankowe (Cream Tarts) from Sid's Sea Palm Cooking
Kapusta Casserole – Polish Cabbage, Potato, and Bacon Bake from Making Miracles
Karpatka (Polish Carpathian Cream Cake) from Tara's Multicultural Table
Kolaczki - Jam-Filled Polish Cookies from Karen's Kitchen Stories
Kotlety Ziemniaczane from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Mom Klik's Breaded Pork Chops from A Day in the Life on the Farm
Oven Braised Pork with Sour Cream (Karkówka w śmietanie) from Palatable Pastime
Piernik - Polish Gingerbread Cake from Caroline's Cooking
Polish Stuffed Cabbage Rolls from Cookaholic Wife
Veg Pierogi Casserole from Sneha's Recipe 

Savory Breakfast Sausage & Bread Casserole For Two#FantasticalFoodFight

Welcome to Fantastical Food Fight, September is National Breakfast Month. Theme is : Breakfast Casserole.Made this breakfast casserole with sausage, cheese, egg, milk and bread. Combine all the ingredients in the night and in morning just bake it in a preheated oven. By the time you finish your morning regular nitty-gritties / morning routine. 

You will have a delicious hot breakfast casserole ready.
Ingredients 

2 Long Chicken Sausages - chopped
1 Large Egg
3/4 cup milk
3 Big Bread slices - a day old
1 Small Tomato - chopped
1 Small Onion - chopped
¼ Cup Cream Style Corn

1/8 Teaspoon Sea Salt
¼ Cup Shredded Cheese
2 Cubes Cream Cheese

1 Teaspoon Oil
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 Tablespoon Pizza Sauce
6 Olives - sliced  - can use any type of olives 

1/8 Teaspoon Mixed Herbs
For the Seasonings
1 Teaspoon Heaped Pizza Seasonings

Method
Butter a 5-inch baking  dish.

Butter the slices of bread and line the base of the dish with bread slices

Mix the pizza sauce and cream cheese, well. Apply  the cream cheese spread on bread slices.  Spread half of cheddar cheese over the slices. 

Heat butter in a sauce pan. Heat a pan with a teaspoon of oil and fry the onion till it softens only, then add the sausages, tomato, salt and saute for a minute. Keep aside to cool. 

In the meantime , in a bowl beat together egg, milk and seasonings. 

Pour this mix over the cheese layer 

Top with the sausage mixture. 

Sprinkle mixed herbs, olives and then the remaining cheese.

Garnish it with sliced black olives. Cling wrap this and keep it in the refrigerator. First  thing in the morning take this casserole out, let it come to room temperature.

Preheated the oven at 180 degrees for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Place the casserole and bake it for 40 to 45 minutes. 

Take it out from the oven and serve it hot. 

 Enjoy!! This is a real treat, easy and quick!

Labels: Breakfast, Casserole, Chicken Sausage, Cream Cheese, Bread Slices, Egg, Milk, Pizza Sauce, Olives, Cream Style Corn, Baked, Fantastical Food Fight, Overnight
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