Name: Moussaka
Yield: Serves 4-6
Cuisine: Syria
Ingredients: 500 g onions, halved and finely sliced; 8 cloves garlic, chopped; 500 ml vegetable oil, to deep fry; 1 tablespoon ground cumin; 1 x 400 g tin chickpeas; 1 medium orange pepper, chopped; 2 teaspoons black pepper; 1-2 tablespoons salt, or according to taste; 1 medium red pepper, chopped; 4 x 400 g tins chopped tomatoes (or 1.5 kg fresh tomatoes, blanched, peeled and chopped); 200 ml oil; 2 medium aubergines

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Brick Lane Cookbook

By Dina Begum

Published 2018

About

Damascu Bite originally opened in Spitalfields and moved to Brick Lane ten years ago. They create hearty, Syrian homecooking with simple dishes made with love and attention. As well as their succulent shawarmas and grilled meats, they specialise in vegetarian dishes which cater to the growing vegetarian and vegan clientele. Damascu Bite’s moussaka is unlike the well-known Greek moussaka and the similarity ends at the inclusion of aubergines. The dish is vegan and one of their popular offeri