Macedonian moussaka

Well the plan was to make Greek Moussaka , but my husband was to one to go grocery shopping and ummm he didn’t “find”the eggplants

But in any case this turned out delicious

Basically a meat and potato casserole and modified to bit to my desi taste I love that there’s no cheese in this one so little easy on calories 😂 as I will be making the Greek one with cheese soon POTATOES:

6-8 medium cut into thin round slices ,I usually never peel mine but please peel them if thats what you prefer,

Boil potatoes in salted boiling water 6-8 minutes till a bit soft but not fully cooked

Then drain and pour into a pan filled with ice and cold water,just cold water is fine too MEAT: 2 tablespoons olive oil

3-4 garlic cloves minced 1 onion, diced

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

3/4 tsp chilli flakes -optional 1 1/2 pound ground beef 1 1/2 teaspoon paprika 2 1/2 tablespoons tomato paste

1/2 tsp dried herbs like oregano , basil I used my fav greek herb mix by -optional

1 cup water or stock of choice

SAUCE : 2 cups milk

3 eggs

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp dried herbs

1/2 tsp black pepper

1/4 tsp or to taste salt

Mix this all up and whisk

• Seasoning for potatoes is optional but I need a good amount of flavour , doesn’t need to be spicy but cant eat bland food, so if you are like me do this step

• 11/2 tbsp butter melted

• 1/4 tsp dried herbs

• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1/4 tsp chilli flakes

• Mix it all up

• METHOD:

• Preheat oven to 375˚

• Heat olive oil in your cooking pan

• Add meat and garlic fry a bit and add onions

• When meat browns all other ingredients for meat add in and fry few minutes

• Add 1 cup water or stock

• Cook and cover till meat cooked and dry any fluids

• Grease your baking dish.you will need medium to large dish for this, I used the oil from meat sauce to grease🤷🏻‍♀️

• Now drain the cooked potatoes and add the butter seasoning in them and carefully mix

• Layer 1/3 of the sliced potatoes on the bottom of baking dish.

• Now on top add half of the beef mixture.

• Again 1/3 potato slices over beef.

• Add remaining beef and top remaining potatoes

• Pour the milk sauce over the potatoes.

• Bake for 45-55 minutes, until sauce is set and potatoes are golden

• It took me close to 60 minutes for it to get the nice color

• Sprinkle more dried herbs and chilli flakes on top if you like

• Wait 8-10 minutes and then dig in!

• We had a salad with it