Name: Vegetable Ragoût with Eggs (Menemen)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 1 onion, roughly sliced; 3 çarliston peppers or 1 green bell pepper, roughly sliced; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons olive oil and a little butter; 3 tomatoes, skinned and chopped, or 1 tin tomatoes; 1 hot green pepper or chilli pepper, finely sliced; 3-4 tablespoons thick yogurt; 4 eggs; ½ teaspoon kırmızı biber; 2 cloves garlic, crushed with salt

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Turkish Cooking

By Ghillie Basan

Published 1995

About

Quick, simple and tasty, menemen is cooked in bus stations, train stations and ports anywhere there is passing trade. The eggs can be scrambled into the ragout or cooked on top, and chunks of beyaz peynir or feta can be added to it. Delicious served with garlicky yogurt, menemen is the ultimate snack, lunch or light supper.