tourlou..

or briami is an adaptable and no nonsense but delicious and nutritious greek dish made with summer vegetables..it's a great recipe for the home vegetable gardener because you can add more or less of a particular ingredient according to availability..for instance today i had only one ripe capsicum and one eggplant but lots of zucchini so i adjusted the ingredients to suit what i had on hand..it can be served warm or cold as a stand alone dish with bread and feta cheese or tzatziki or with meat, poultry or seafood as a vegetable accompaniment..

tourlou (greek baked vegetables)

ingredients

1 onion sliced thin

3-5 medium potatoes* cut small

1 medium eggplant* cut into medium cubes

1 red capsicum* cut into strips

2-3 medium zucchini* cut into rounds

1/2 medium carrot cut into small cubes

250 gms tomatoes* cut small
3-4 garlic cloves cut fine*

2 tablespoons parsley* cut fine

1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes*#

1/2 tbs sugar

salt and pepper 

1/4 cup olive oil**

1/2 cup boiling water

method

~ place half of the olive oil in the base of a shallow baking dish and add all of the ingredients except for parsley

~ mix the vegetables well and sprinkle with parsley and drizzle with remaining olive oil

~ pour in boiling water and cover with foil

~ bake at 175 deg c for an hour

~ remove foil, mix gently and continue to cook until the vegetables are cooked and well browned

notes: *   homegrown vegetables
          ** most greek cooks would use more olive oil..it still might seem quite a lot but when i scrimp on                     the oil i don't think it tastes as good

           #  not a traditional ingredient

kali evthomatha (have a good week)!