Moussaka
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Moussaka and Greek Salad at a taverna in Laconia, Greece © Vouliagmeni/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Moussaka is an
aubergine (eggplant)- or potato-based dish, often including
ground meat , which is common in the
Balkans and the
Middle East , with many local and regional variations.
The modern Greek variant was created in the 1920s by Nikolaos Tselementes . Many versions have a top layer made of milk-based sauce thickened with egg (custard ) or flour (béchamel sauce ). In Greece , the dish is layered and typically served hot. Tselementes also proposed a vegan variant for orthodox fast days . Romania also has a vegan version that replaces meat with mushrooms or a mix of sautéed onions and rice.
Moussaka, fries and salad at a restaurant in Kos, Greece © יובל-מדר/cc-by-sa-3.0
The versions in
Egypt ,
Turkey and the rest of the
Middle East are quite different. In Egypt,
mesaqa‘ah can be made
vegan or
vegetarian as well as with meat; in all cases, the main ingredient is the fried aubergine. In Turkey,
mussaka consists of thinly sliced and fried aubergine served in a tomato-based meat sauce, warm or at room temperature. In
Saudi Arabia ,
muṣagga‘a is eaten hot, but in other
Arab countries , it is often eaten cold, but occasionally hot as well.
Read more on
mygreekdish.com – Traditional Moussaka recipe with eggplants (aubergines) and potatoes and
Wikipedia Moussaka (
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