Kafteji
Peppers, tomato, courgette, potato and onion fried separately, then chopped together on a board with fried eggs. Street food, and the chopping is done in front of you.
Photograph credit: Kafteji by Romdhani-Issam · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · this resized copy is shared under the same licence
What to Put on the Table With Kafteji
- Khobz tabouna
- Extra harissa
- Olives
Photograph credit: Kafteji 1 by Touzrimounir · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · this resized copy is shared under the same licence
Making Kafteji, Step by Step
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Heat the oil in a deep frying pan over medium-high heat.
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Fry the potatoes first, 12 minutes, until golden and cooked through. Lift out with a slotted spoon onto paper.
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Fry the peppers whole, 6 minutes, turning, until blistered and soft. Then the onion, 5 minutes; then the courgette, 3 minutes; then the tomato halves, 3 minutes. Lift each out as it is done.
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Peel and deseed the fried peppers once they are cool enough to handle.
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Fry the eggs in the remaining oil until the whites are set and the edges frilled.
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Pile everything onto a large board and chop it all together with a heavy knife, eggs included, until it is a rough, uneven mixture.
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Scrape into a bowl, stir through the harissa, caraway, salt, oil and lemon, and serve immediately with bread.
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Notes From the Method
Fry each vegetable separately. The timings are not close.
Chop on a board, not in a pan.
The eggs get chopped in with everything else.
Keeping What's Left
Best immediately. Refrigerated for 2 days; it is good cold in a sandwich.
Nutrition per Serving
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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