So I am a recent convert
to eating liver, but oh man I am a believer. I love how its flavor
and texture stand up to the strong spices I enjoy so much. I knocked
this Egyptian recipe out tonight, and it was the best liver I have
ever eaten, and among the best meat dishes I have ever prepared:
Rich, oniony, garlicy, cuminy, magical.
To go along with it I made a simple fava beans recipe called Ful Medames. We love this one as well because of the olivey-lemony flavor of the favas. I make this all the time, and changed the recipe with my mood: sometimes its very spicy, sometimes I add smoked eggplant, sometimes I add green onions, really whatever I feel like.
To go along with it I made a simple fava beans recipe called Ful Medames. We love this one as well because of the olivey-lemony flavor of the favas. I make this all the time, and changed the recipe with my mood: sometimes its very spicy, sometimes I add smoked eggplant, sometimes I add green onions, really whatever I feel like.
Egyptian food like this is
best served with some nice Aish Baladi, which is more or less a whole
wheat pita but you can use my Naan recipe with whole wheat flour and
puff it over an open flame like a roti, it will be great!
Egyptian Liver
Serves 2-3
Ingredients
3 TBS olive oil
½ lb Liver chopped into 1
inch x ¼ inch strips (use whichever kind of liver you have or want)
1 onion thinly sliced
1 small bell pepper thinly
sliced
½ jalepeno diced
5 cloves mashed garlic
1 TBS cumin powder
1 tsp black pepper
½ tsp turmeric (optional)
½ tsp garam masala
¼ C cilantro choppped
¼ lemon juiced
salt to taste
Method
Heat your oil to med high
and fry livers until they change color
Add garam masala,
turmeric, onions, garlic, peppers, and salt
Fry until everything has
wilted and the peppers are tender, 5 min or so
Add cumin, black pepper,
cilantro, and lemon juice and cook for 1 min
Eat it
Ful Medames
Serves 2-3
Ingredients
3 TBS olive oil
½ tsp turmeric (optional)
1 small thinly diced onion
½ jalepeno seeded and
diced
2 roma tomatoes chopped
finely
4 cloves of garlic mashed
2 tsp coriander powder
½ tsp paprika
1 Can of fava beans
2 TBS chopped parsley
¼ lemon juiced
1 tsp sugar
Salt to taste
Method
Heat oil to med high and
fry onions and peppers until they're golden brown
Add garlic and fry for 1
min
Add tomatoes with
turmeric, coriander, and paprika.
Cover and cook until
they're very mashed up
Add favas with 1 C of
water and cook for 8-10 min on med covered
Remove lid and incread
heat to med high and mash up the mixture to about ½ mashed
Add parsley, sugar, and
lemon juice.
Eat it.
P. S. The turmeric isn't necessarily traditional but I like to add it to whatever I can because its very healthy.
