Moussaka

My husband and I went Greece for our honeymoon more than a decade ago. Besides the beautiful sceneries, we were also blown away by the dish - Moussaka. Since we cannot travel this school holiday, we shall imagine that we are in Greece and eating Moussaka!


Ingredients:
- 3 brinjals, sliced lengthwise
- salt, pepper, sugar
(meat sauce)
- 1 onion, diced
- 500 g of minced beef
- 1 can of pastata
- 1 teaspoon of mixed herbs
- 1 teaspoon of paprika
- 1 beef stock cube
(cheese sauce)
- 1 bulb of garlic, crushed
- 1 knob of butter
- 3 tablespoons of flour
- 3 cups of milk
- 500g of mozzarella cheese

Procedures:
1) Bake brinjal slices drizzled with olive oil in the oven at 200 degree celsius for 30 minutes.
2)Add a little oil to a sauce pan. Stir fry the onions and garlic until fragrant. Add minced beef and fry until brown. Add beef stock cube, pastata, paprika and spices. Let it simmer for 10 minutes. Add salt, sugar and pepper to taste.
2) Add a knob of butter to another sauce pan. Add garlic and fry until fragrant. Add flour and fry a little. Add milk and half the mozzarella cheese. Add a little pepper to the thick cheese sauce.
3) Add a layer of meat sauce to a baking tray. On it, arrange a layer of brinjal slices. Repeat the layering until all the meat sauce and brinjal slices are used. Top up with the cheese sauce and a layer of mozzarella cheese.
4) Bake it at 200 degree for 30 minutes. First 20 minutes covered and the next 10 minutes uncovered. Serve.

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