WoW forgot how much I like Shakshoka

  After losing about 6kg and two months of cheese, pita bread and occasional ready meals from Sainsburys, I thought maybe I should cook something! (Which, knowing how clumsy I was in the kitchen, was a horrifying idea. :O ) Anyway, I decided I could do it, I could use the stove and cook a very easy Libyan meal without sounding the fire alarm or ending up in the hospital with stomach pain. I just needed to think of an easy meal that I liked.

   One day while I was talking with Yazeed, a very dear friend of mine, Shakshoka came to my mind. Shakshoka is basically an egg curry. It is a very easy meal, with a great taste, especially if it is made with Gedeed ( Libyan version of dried meat ). So I asked Yazeed to ask his mother to teach me how to cook it which she did. I was so happy with it, finally a homemade meal, that I kept making it every day for about two months, until I got so fed up with it that I never cooked it again. Well, until yesterday! It has been about 3 years since the last time I made it, however eating it yesterday reminded me of how much I love it

Now the recipe,

Ingredients:
 3 tbsp Oil or Gedeed (Well, really just add as much as you like :) )
 1 Chopped onion
 2 Chopped tomatoes
 2 Eggs

 1 tbsp Tomato paste
 -  Salt
 -  Chile powder  
 -  Curry powder
 -  Cumin 
 -  Cinnamon
 -  Black pepper

Preparation method:

1.  Fry the onions on high heat for a bit with the Gedeed.

2.  Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, salt and the rest of the spices ( the     spices use as much as you can bare ! ). Leave it cooking on a medium heat for a bit.

3.  Break the eggs over the mix and make sure that they are spaced and let it cook until the eggs are cooked. Serve with bread.

How did it all start ?

Salam,

 I love cooking. Well, to be honest, I love food. Before I left home and came to Scotland (hint the kilt ;) ), I never cooked, why would I?  I had an amazing cook, who I call Omi (mom in Arabic). (God bless her she is a wonderful cook!) Okay I know, everyone thinks his mother is a great cook, but trust me my mother's food is different.  It is brilliant.

You must be saying, "okay this guy loves food, and his mother is a good cook, so why is he cooking then?"  Well, my mother is in Libya and I'm in Edinburgh. And I couldn't find a restaurant that could replace my mother's home food. Don't get me wrong, some restaurants had very delicious food, but there was something missing.  Home food has something special in it.  I couldn't just live on restaurant food! I had to learn how to cook, and after a while I discovered that I actually love cooking.

 So join me in my cooking adventure, and if you happen to be near by please do come and taste some of what I cook!