🇹🇳 Tunisia cuisine · #8

Slata Mechouia

Slata Mechouia
Time40 min
Serves4
Ingredients9

Charcoal-grilled peppers, tomatoes and onions chopped with garlic, caraway and olive oil, topped with tuna and egg.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Grill the vegetables over coals or under the grill until blackened.
  2. Seal in a bag for 10 minutes, then peel.
  3. Chop finely with garlic, caraway and salt.
  4. Dress with oil and lemon and top with tuna, egg and olives.
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