For Israelis food and family have
a tight connection, and sometimes you can’t even separate them at all.
When Shlomi decided to open the
first SoomSoom vegetarian bar, he brought all the equipment from Israel, as
well as his 70-year-old old uncle who taught him all the family’s kitchen
secrets.
The story began way back in the
early 1950s in the ancient city of Tiberias in Israel, when Shlomi’s family
opened their first restaurant. If you visit at SoomSoom you can’t miss the big
old family photograph printed on the wall and on the menus.
But it is not an Israeli
restaurant. It is a vegetarian bar based on Mediterranean cuisine. It is 100%
natural, and it is 100% fresh.
The menu includes mostly
sandwiches like Pita with Falafel, Sabich, Green Omelet, Shakshuka sandwich and
Burekasabich. It also offers an open salad bar with more than 18 different
salads and dressing, all made from their original recipe.
Shelomi kindly shared with us the
one of the family secrets – the recipe for the tasty Sabich:
Ingredients (for one person)
1 fresh pita bread
4-5 thin fried eggplant slices (Instructions below)
1 boiled egg (Instructions below)
1 small cooked potato, sliced (Instructions below)
Hummus spread
Salt & pepper
Directions
Eggplant:
4-5 thin eggplant slices, salted,
drained and washed
1 egg
Oil for deep-frying
1. Beat the
egg in a bowl with 1 tablespoon water.
2. Heat oil
in a deep pot over medium-high heat.
3. Dip the
eggplant into the beaten egg.
4. Fry until
golden.
boiled egg and cooked potato
1 egg
1 small potato
1 tea bag
1 teaspoon paprika
½ onion, peeled and sliced
My short way:
1. Put all
the ingredients in a pot, cover with water and bring to boil.
2. Lower the
heat and cook for 60 minutes.
3. Slice
thinly.
SoomSoom’s traditional way:
1. Put all
the ingredients in a pot, cover with water, bring to boil and cook for 10
minutes.
2. Cover the
pot tightly with aluminum foil.
3. Cook for
12 hours on “hot plate” (or on the stove with the lowest heat)
4. Slice
thinly.
Arrange the dish:
1. Spread
Hummus on the inside of a pita, stuff with fried eggplant slices, sliced boiled
egg and sliced cooked potato.
2. Add fresh
salads and vegetable.
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