Tunisian Brik with Tuna

In Tunisia brik is served as a side dish!

Ingredients:

1 large baked potato

A small bundle of green flat-leaf parsley

2 table spoons of chopped onions

2 tablespoons of cappers

Salt and black pepper

6 spring-roll wrappers

2 teaspoons of harissa

8 eggs (1 egg per person)

lemons

2 1/2 tablespoons of tuna

shredded mozzarella cheese

spring rolls (1  roll per person)

frying oil

Chop the bundle of green flat-leaf parsley and wash it. Let it drip for about 10 minutes, mix the chopped leaf parsley with onions. Let it fry for about 2-3 minutes on a frying pan. Then let it cool for a while. Take the baked poatoe and mash it. Place the leaf parsley and onion in a bowl; add capers, shredded mozzarella cheese, tuna, harissa, and the mashed potato. Mix it and season it. Place 2 cups of frying oil in deep skillet to 350 degrees. Place the spring roll on a dish. Take 2 tablespoons of the mix and put it into the spring roll then drop an egg in the middle. Fold it and careful place the spring roll in the skillet allowing it to fry. Flip to the other sided. (BE CAREFULL WHEN FLIPING!) Drain the spring roll a.k.a the brik temporarily on absorbent paper. Serve the brik while still hot, with lemon wedges for best taste.

Tunisian Couscous Recipe

Though there are many dishes in Tunisia, the most appetizing would have to be Couscous. Couscous is the national dish in most of North Africa including Tunisia.


In order to make this dish you will need the following Ingredients!


Ingredients:
2 pounds of meat
1 kilo couscous
10 tablespoons olive oil
2  small onions
2 potatoes
baby carrots
Pumpkin
1 can chickpeas
8 tablespoons tomato paste
2 tablespoons of harissa
salt and black pepper 1 1/2 tablespoon paprika
minced garlic 

               

Put olive oil in a pot, and then cut onions into it. Let it fry for about 2-3 minutes, place the meat with the onions. Then add the tomato paste, harissa , minced garlic, and season it. Then. Let it fry for a bit, then place the chickpeas with two cups of hot water, and let it boil for 15 minutes.  Cut all the vegetables and place them in the pot, with that add 1 cup of hot water.

Now you must prepare the couscous, by placing it into a big bowl. Place about two tablespoons of olive oil. Then mix the couscous with your hands and put it in a colander. Place the colander over a pot, and cover the colander. Let cook for 30 minutes, add the potatoes and the pumpkins in the sauces and rewet the couscous with water. Let it cook for 25-30 minutes. Then the place the couscous in a big bowl pour some sauce over it and stir it, then arrange the vegetables and meat over it the way you want. Now enjoy the delightful Tunisian couscous!

Leave a comment below telling me how the Couscous tasted! :)