welcome to another more acro exploration of moroccan cuisine here in ramadan 2021 we made a
tajin video yesterday you guys liked it so we're going to explore another moroccan dish today a
bit easier it's a warm salad or room temperature salad we're gonna use eggplant and tomatoes garlic
of course those moroccan spices and horn i'm nervous i'm a little nervous with the camera here
to check my cooking skills but i'm cutting the eggplants in half i rinse them and i'm gonna put
a little oil on the pan so how is this dish called we are making today zaluk did i forget that yeah
you just said warm salad za luke is the name of it um there's different variations of zalukai here
but they usually all use eggplants there could be tomatoes flea flower pepper
there can be courgette zaluk but this is the classic of just
eggplant and tomato i'm gonna just coat the bottoms there in olive oil so i get a little roast
and i'm gonna pop these i'm gonna pop these in the oven hope that's not too loud on your speakers
you can also boil them another variation of this recipe but i like the roasted smoky eggplants
we'll put it at top of the oven it's on maximum heat right now i thought we had fresh herbs in the
fridge we don't so i'm going to run to the store and get some parsley or cilantro welcome back
yeah one thing i love about living here is the shops are so close by you could go and get fresh
parsley for one deer hunt mint to cilantro so usual recipe calls for baked tomatoes we're using
the cherry tomatoes because that's what we have on hand today and poke em so they don't explode
all over the place or in your mouth when they're hot yeah eggplant and cherry tomatoes are the main
ingredients not in today's dish usually it's regular tomatoes okay so eggplant and tomatoes
and saluk i believe translates to mushy so that's the consistency we're going for today mushy
do you think it would be good with mashed potatoes
yeah maybe as a base you put this look on top i think we did that one time actually no
pretty sure i made that for you one time should we make some mashed potatoes
maybe not today what are we gonna eat with jalook
bread garlic bread or just plain could be a dip though deep for what
what's going on uh they need more time it doesn't look like uh
they're blistered or cooked at all yet usually way more time
i think they're done uh-oh stop what's cooking uh we're making zayluk no like it's just a secret pot
i can't tell you olive oil in the pan garlic tomatoes paprika cumin
salts pepper
a little little blackened a little long in there that one's better it's bigger this one
smokey's a good flavor though i'm gonna cut that off eh yeah just like that easy
basically taking off the chart it's hot in there so i'm not good at doing things in the
kitchen while i'm under pressure i know you're watching with the camera i'm trying to get these
eggplants in here i'm gonna leave you to do your eggplant okay come back one night
question okay call me okay i'm much better when the camera is not on me i did that with these
now it goes in the pot and this one my favorite things to do when i cook
and that's to mush the ingredients in the pan while it's hot now tomatoes start to get soft
so much fun yeah you're having fun yeah you're not nervous no we talked about yesterday like
cooking with love you know right so it's about the intention when you're crushing the tomatoes right
be mindful where at everything you're doing your ability to just be at the
stove cooking that's pretty good enough to be happy but this doesn't look like saluki
i know the viewers at homer saying uh where's this gonna go
maybe it's like more demanding tomatoes and not enough of eggplant i could have cut the
tomatoes a bit more but i get to have fun smashing okay have fun i will be back soon
now that it's mashed together a little bit i'm gonna add the parsley hopefully give it a little
more moisture you can add some water no no no water this is looking good now a little green
freshens up the whole dish a lot huh yeah it looks more alive more fresh more inviting
what it didn't look inviting before no
i'm trying my best here no i mean i'm waiting for the end result of course but just brown mushy team
doesn't look inviting to me does it do you same way it goes out
it's easier for the body to process it that's true
at this point i was getting plenty of practice in smushing cherry tomatoes with a wooden spoon
i think it would be good if we add egg no
if you'd like an egg yeah we can make this a little bit more hearty like just throw it on top
a lot of people suggested yesterday a boiled egg on the top of tajin i think that would be really
good but eggplant and egg it's almost the same name huh it's one within another i don't know
i think we should just let it be okay maybe i will cook separate my egg you want to just put
an egg on top of there and like cover it yeah or maybe mix together but then we need like four eggs
some lemon juice let's make it fresh and we're just gonna shut that off give it a stir all right
and it's taste test time we invited our neighbor clements because melvin said andrea's opinion
doesn't count because she loves me so we have second opinion this is about the zulu andrea plain
yeah it tastes like the look it's not too spicy not too hot it tastes like saluk but what does
the look taste like a little like veggie sour sour taste a little too sour too much lemon
juice you think uh no it's like fresh i like it like that so what's exactly is inside eggplant
tomato that's about it spices parsley lemon garlic uh paprika and cumin not too spicy i don't think
and you can eat it warm or cold right yeah but i think warm is better or room temperature
yeah it's really nice no need to be polite give it honest
that's actually really nice a lot of spices good taste actually if you want to uh
get mad with morgan people you can say it's like ratatouille it's like raditatory okay
we don't really eat anything like this in america i mean eggs yes and here we have
mashed potatoes that's the american twist on it clement you gotta get some of those with the
luke but taste tests are always done one at a time you know so
thank you for trying and uh bon appetit the king of the kitchen
it's good no i'm i didn't want to tell you before but i'm not fan of the look but this one is good
i thought it's gonna be more dry but it's not quite moist
it's very juicy yeah and we had fresh ingredients i think cherries tomatoes are really good in here
because it's used with the normal tomatoes right andrea kept saying oh what about mashed potatoes
with it i felt mean saying no so i cooked her mashed potatoes and she's like what about eggs
with it i'm like that's not really moroccan but what are we gonna eat it with i felt bad saying
no to the pregnant woman i said bread i said bread we have bread but pregnant woman asked
for eggs and mashed potatoes you get it to her it's better with mashed potato right i didn't try
wow but eggs are always good right i was like yeah eggs whatever you put with
a little bit of smooth in the in the plate i think the smooth yeah with eggs
the rest the rest is quite spicy so you have a lot of things in your mouth and eggs are just like
slowing down a bit yeah this is why i was like okay we need something to eat with this look you
know i cannot eat it just on its own and protein always beefs it up you know yeah so it's good to
have some protein on there yeah and the mashed potatoes too should smooth it out yeah exactly
yeah you could try it together you try with mashed potato
definitely the best both together i think everything together is a good
good combo solid meal you know yeah i have good ideas
i had to just listen to her i want to keep it pure as a luke pure moroccan today as we're
exploring that that's the theme but we put our american twist on there but you want to have a
whole meal no true true wealth beef later people think we're vegetarian we're vegan we do eat meat
but luke is a vegan right it's just veggies and spices yeah almost always vegan i would say so
yeah good for vegans and we're gonna say goodbye so thank you for watching let me know if you got
any tips for cooking's a look i think next time i would use uh vegetable oil on the eggplant so
it doesn't burn as early with olive oil and explore with experimenting different veggies
say i use the cherry tomatoes because that's what i had on hand and i love sharing that creativity
thank you so much for watching the video and any last words comment before having me i mean
i was just sitting uh chilling upstairs and kevin is knocking on my door do you want us to taste
something yeah why not he said he wasn't hungry but i think he'll eat some yes good i wish we
could invite melvin as well because he's fasting yeah hard for him maybe we could save him so
yeah yeah let us know what can we eat the look with because i don't know if it's eaten as a
side dish or main dish i'm really interested in combinations of the look