Shakshuka

Name: Shakshuka
Yield: Serves 3–4
Ingredients: pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1 tsp sugar; 5 large overripe tomatoes, chopped; 250–500 ml water; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 3 cloves of garlic, crushed; 1 green pepper, diced; 1 red pepper, diced; 1 small red chilli, sliced (optional); 1 onion, diced; 1 tsp cumin; basic white bread for serving; 4–6 eggs

Preparation info

Serves
3–4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sababa

By Tal Smith

Published 2014

About

This is a North African dish of eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce and the ingredients are basics you’re always likely to have in the house: onions, garlic, tomatoes and eggs but you could embellish it by adding peppers, aubergines or potatoes.

Ingredients

1 onion, diced
2 tbsp vegetable oil
3 cloves of garlic

Method

Fry the onions in oil until they soften. Add the garlic and chilli and then the peppers, tomatoes, sugar, salt, pepper and 250 ml of water. Cook for about 20 minutes on a low heat until the sauce reduces slightly and the flavours have had time to develop.

If you find the sauce is too thick,