Based on the Armenian Musaki with Pumpkin Recipe
Armenian moussaka is different from Greek. There is no tomato sauce or bechamel in it. The main ingredient of this moussaka is pumpkin. In different countries, it is prepared in different ways, adding or replacing ingredients. I have also slightly changed the ingredients to suit your taste. I cooked according to the book, according to the recipe “Armenian moussaka with pumpkin”.
Servings
4
Cook Time
80minutes
Servings
4
Cook Time
80minutes
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Cut the prepared meat into small cubes.
  2. In preheated vegetable oil (2 tbsp.l.) fry the pieces of meat until golden brown.
  3. Add 100 ml of hot water, seasoning, salt, pepper and simmer under the lid on low heat until the meat is ready.
  4. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Cut the pumpkin into large slices, remove the seeds and peel.
  5. Then cut the pumpkin into thin slices. I sliced the pumpkin with a food processor. It turned out very thin slices (1-2 mm), and I decided not to bake the pumpkin in advance. Lots of pumpkin juice, juicy meat and crispy rice.
  6. Transfer the sliced pumpkin to a large baking dish and mix with vegetable oil (1-2 tablespoons) and seasoning, salt and pepper. We leave 2/3 of the pumpkin in a bowl, we postpone the rest.
  7. Prepare the filling. Boil the rice in salted water until it is half cooked.
  8. Add the pieces of meat to the rice, mix.
  9. Peel the onion and cut into cubes. I sliced the onion using a food processor.
  10. Fry the onion until soft in preheated vegetable oil and add to the rice and meat, mix. We try for salt and pepper.
  11. Spread the filling on the pumpkin.
  12. Then lay out the remaining pumpkin. Garnish with cherry tomatoes and cover the mold with a lid.
  13. Put the moussaka mold in the oven, preheated to 180 ° C, and cook until the dish is fully cooked, ~ 30 minutes.
  14. Remove the moussaka from the oven and sprinkle with grated cheese. It is better to take grilled cheese. Serve the moussaka, sprinkled with green leaves. The pumpkin released a lot of juice, and the rice turned out to be crumbly, and the meat is very tender, juicy, soft.
  15. Very rich taste! Moussaka with pumpkin just melts in your mouth. Enjoy your meal!
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