Saturday 26 January 2013

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)!

5 comments:

  1. This looks delicious Jane and full of homegrown summer goodness! I would love to eat this just with some good bread :)

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    1. especially if it's one of your home made loaves jane!

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  2. Thanks for this, I love briami, but I've never heard the name tourlou. I also love their apricot preserves with greek honey!

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    1. and i'd never heard of briami before i wrote this post..i'd only ever heard the dish referred to as tourlou..and i've never had aprictot preserves with honey..it sounds amazing..

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    2. So glad you shared this, just made it for the second time as it went down so well the first x

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