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Recipe: Sabich
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 2 large pitta breads
- ½ aubergine, cut into 1 cm thick slices
- 1 tomato, roughly chopped
- ¼ cucumber, chopped
- 3 cabbage leaves shredded (red or white)
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
- 1 tsp olive oil
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp white or red wine vinegar
- 3 tbsp tahini
- 2 tbsp hummus
- 3 tbsp plain yoghurt
- Salt and pepper to season
Preparation
Brush the aubergine slices with olive oil and place in a griddle pan over a medium-high heat. Fry on both sides until golden brown and soft. Sprinkle the aubergine with salt and set aside.
In a bowl, mix the tomatoes, cucumber, 1 tsp of lemon juice and parsley together. Season with salt and pepper to taste and set aside.
In another bowl, toss the cabbage with the vinegar and season with salt.
To make the dressing, mix the tahini and yoghurt until smooth, then add the remaining lemon juice and 1 tbsp of water. Stir until smooth and season to taste.
Warm the pitta bread in a toaster and slice to form a pocket
To assemble
Spread the hummus inside the pitta
Then place the fried aubergine on top and drizzle each slice with the tahini sauce
Then top the aubergine with the sliced eggs, pickled cabbage and cucumber/tomato mixture
Top tip: To add an even more authentic taste, spread some amba (pureed mango pickle) on the pitta after the hummus.
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