Tunisian vegetable and egg kafteji

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Cut potatoes, zucchini and pepper into 2 cm cubes and slit the chilli lengthways; drain the cooked pumpkin and cut it into 3 cm pieces.

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12 min

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Ingredients

  • 700 gPotatoes, flesh and skin, raw
  • 500 gSquash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw
  • 400 gPumpkin, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
  • 300 gPeppers, sweet, green, raw
  • 25 gPeppers, hot chili, red, raw
  • 320 gEgg, whole, raw, fresh
  • 193 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 15 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 4 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cut potatoes, zucchini and pepper into 2 cm cubes and slit the chilli lengthways; drain the cooked pumpkin and cut it into 3 cm pieces.
  2. Heat about 1500 g oil to 175 °C in a deep pot. Fry the potatoes for 10 minutes, the pepper with the chilli for 6 minutes, the zucchini for 6 minutes and the pumpkin for 4 minutes, then drain. 193 g oil is counted for nutrition, 10% of the fried vegetables’ mass, not of the bath.
  3. Heat 15 g oil in a pan, add 320 g eggs and 4 g salt and stir for 4 minutes at 175 °C until set.
  4. Roughly chop the fried vegetables and eggs together and divide immediately into five portions.