Slata Méchouia (Tunisian Grilled Pepper Salad)
Slata Méchouia (Tunisian Grilled Pepper Salad)
A very popular first course dish in Tunisia. Serve at room temperature with pita or French bread. Tunisians garnish this dish with olive oil, hard-boiled egg, olives, and tuna.
Ingredients
- 4 large tomatoes
- 2 green peppers
- 4 red chilies (or jalapenos)
- 1 onion, quartered
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 4 teaspoons of caraway seeds
- Salt to taste
- 3 Tablespoons of olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice
- 24 black olives
- 7 ounces of canned tuna (packed in olive oil), drained
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, quartered
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to very hot
- Place the tomatoes, peppers, chilies, & onion in grill pan and cook for 15-20 minutes turning once or twice until peppers have blistered and the onions are browned. You may have to remove the chilies before peppers and onions are fully cooked.
- Peel and deseed the peppers and chilies, place in a food processor or blender together with the garlic, caraway seeds, and salt and process briefly in about 5 short bursts.
- To serve, arrange the vegetable mixture on a service platter. Drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice & garnish with olives, flaked tuna & eggs.
Notes
http://www.tunisia.com/community/tunisia-articles/tunisian-grilled-pepper-salad-salade-slata-m%C3%A9chouia.122/
You can adjust the spiciness by altering the number of chilies you add to the mix You can also, if you are so inclined and equipped, to use a traditional mortar and pestle to pound the peppers instead of blending them. Salade Mechouia is a favorite of Tunisians especially during the summer months. Apart from being pretty to look at, it tastes amazing.
