Healthy Eggplant Moussaka

Ingredients
- Tomato Milanese Sauce:
- 5 Â medium sized tomatoes finely chopped
- 1 tbsp dried/fresh oregano
- 1/2 tsp crushed pepper
- Salt
- Savoury Cashew Cream:
- 1 cup cashews soaked for 3-4 hrs, drained
- Water as required to get creamy consistency
- Salt
- Eggplant Moussaka Main Ingredients:
- 2 large round eggplant sliced into 3/4 cm thick rounds
- 10-12 spinach leaves
- 2 medium sized raw bananas boiled, sliced into 1/2 cm rounds
- 1 cup tomato milanese sauce
- 1 cup savoury cashew cream
- Salt
- 1/2 cup green olives
Instructions
- Tomato Milanese Sauce:
- Into nonstick pan, add tomatoes and allow them to cook for 10 minutes till the consistency forms a paste.
- Add pepper, oregano and salt to taste. Mix it well and keep it aside.
- Savoury Cashew Cream:
- Grind the cashews with a little salt and 1 tbsp water, or as needed to move the blades.
- Grind to a fine, smooth creamy paste. Keep it aside.
- Eggplant Moussaka Preparation:
- Sprinkle some salt over the eggplants and let ot rest for 30 minutes to release the excess water.
- Grill the eggplant slices on high heat, at 220 degrees, for 15 minutes on each side till it turns brown.
- Blanch the spinach leaves in hot water for 5 seconds till just wilted.
- In a serving dish, spread the eggplant slices to form the bottom layer.
- Now add a layer of sliced raw bananas and sprinkle some salt.
- Take wilted spinach and layer it next.
- Spread 1 tbsp of tomato milanese sauce followed by 1 tbsp of savoury cashew cream.
- Top it with another layer of eggplant. Repeat the process of layering as above ending with eggplant on top.
- Garnish the moussaka with little tomato milanese sauce, cashew cream, and some green olives.
- Serve hot as a snacks or side dish in your party menu, your guests would really impressed with presentation as well as taste without any guilt!
- Look at this beauty of eggplants!;)
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Amazing recipe nd superb pics
Wow… Really amazing and tempting recipe. Now I can think of eating eggplant in form other than ‘bharta’… Slurrp slurrp
Dhara….This recipe sounds simply yummilicious….!! Love the pics…!!