Best 6 Dima Musabika Egyptian Tomato Sauce Recipes

HOMEMADE TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Prepare a large bowl of ice water.
• Plunge whole tomatoes in boiling water until skin starts to peel, about 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and place in ice bath. Let rest until cool enough to handle, then remove peels and squeeze out seeds.
• Chop 8 tomatoes and puree them in a blender or food processor until smooth. Chop remaining 2 tomatoes and set aside.
• Heat butter and oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, bell pepper, carrot, and garlic; cook and stir until onion softens, about 5 minutes. Pour in pureed tomatoes, then stir in chopped tomatoes, wine, basil, and Italian seasoning. Place celery stalks and bay leaf in the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 2 hours.
• Stir in tomato paste; simmer for an additional 2 hours. Discard celery and bay leaf and serve.

EGYPTIAN TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Saute onions med heat until quite brown.
• add garlic and cook only a little.
• add tomato juice and sugar and cook 15-20mins.
• Add vinegar and seasoning and cook 2 -3 minutes.

DIM'A MUSABIKA (EGYPTIAN TOMATO SAUCE)

Steps:

• Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large enough pot; add onions.
• Sauté the onions until translucent (about 6 minutes).
• Add garlic; sauté for 2 more minutes.
• Add the can of tomato paste, and sauté, constantly stirring for 3 minutes.
• Add 4 cups water.
• Stir in the vinegar, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper.
• Slow simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.

EGYPTIAN MOUSSAKA

Steps:

• Fry the eggplant rings till it has a reddish brown color.
• Strain it very well by a strainer or by putting the fried eggplants on kitchen handkerchiefs.
• In a sauce pan put butter or margarine till it melts, add onions and stir till it has a reddish color then add meat.
• Stir from time to time till meat is cooked.
• Add tomato paste, sugar, salt and pepper, few sultanas and water.
• Boil for 2 minutes till it is a thick sauce.
• In a tin pan put 1 layer of eggplant and a small layer of sauce, then another layer of eggplant and put all the remaining sauce on top and then straighten the surface (eggplants should be only 2 layers).
• Put it in oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Serve it with white rice or bread.

EGYPTIAN RICE WITH SPICY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Heat the oil & saute the onion but do not let it brown. Add the rice to the pan & cook for 2 minutes or until the rice becomes translucent.
• Place the rice, water, chicken stock, & spices in an ovenproof casserole dish. Cook uncovered for 20 minutes or until all the liquid is absorbed.
• Heat the tomato sauce & harissa in a pan, add salt & pepper if needed. Serve the rice mixed with the spicy tomato sauce.

PEAS IN TOMATO SAUCE (REVITHIA ME SALTSA DOMATA)

Steps:

• Remove peas from the freezer so that they can begin to thaw while the dish is simmering.
• Add olive oil and onions to a large skillet over medium heat. Cook 2 or 3 minutes until the onions soften a bit. Add the minced garlic and stir a minute.
• Add the tomatoes (canned and paste), sugar, oregano, basil, and water to the onions. Continue to cook another 5 minutes so that flavors begin to come together. Adjust seasonings as desired at this point. Add zucchini and cook 5 to 8 minutes. The zucchini should be cooked but still firm.
• Add the thawed peas and stir again until the peas are warm, about 2 or 3 minutes.
• Serve warm.