Ejja ( Libyan Frittata) Recipe | Ejja with Iptat
 
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Ejja is a Libyan breakfast frittata, Traditionally had with shorba / Libyan soup or wrapped in Iptat ( Libyan bread.
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Recipe type: Breakfast Recipes
Cuisine: Libyan Cuisine
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • Chickpea flour - 1½ cup
  • Egg Replacer - 3 tbsp + 9 tbsp warm water ( mix it well with no lumps)
  • Potato - 1 no medium ( chopped)
  • Tomato - 1 no small ( chopped)
  • Onion - 1 no medium ( chopped finely)
  • Spinach - 11/2 cup ( chopped)
  • Green chillies- 2-3 ( chopped)
  • Coriander leaves - few chopped
  • Baking pd - 1 tsp
  • Fresh Bread crumbs - 2 tbsp
  • All-purpose flour - 3 tbsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste
  • Oil - 2 tbsp
Instructions
  1. In a pan heat 1 tbsp oil add some chopped onions.
  2. Saute them well until translucent, add the chopped green chillies and saute them as well.
  3. Add the chopped potatoes stir fry them, add very little water . Cover and cook them till they are soft.
  4. After potatoes cook add the spinach and cook them till they shrink a little.
  5. Now add the chopped tomatoes and saute them well.
  6. Meanwhile in a bowl Mix chickpea flour,  bread crumbs, all-purpose flour, the egg replacer mix , baking powder, salt , pepper pd  and mix them well.
  7. Add water little by little and make a thick batter , Now add the sauteed veggie mix to the batter and mix well.
  8. If you are using cast iron you need to heat the pan before you start, to cook evenly. Add 1 tbsp oil and grease the inner part of the pan well.
  9. Pour in the frittata batter , cover an cook in a low flame, Once you see well-browned corner take a plate keep it on the pan and flip frittata on it.
  10. Transfer the frittata again top side bottom so that it gets cooked well from the top and inside. Do the cooking in low heat.
  11. Once the frittata is reading serve them as is with tomato sauce or with shorba or just wrap it in Iptat the traditional libyan way.
Recipe by Desi Fiesta at https://www.desifiesta.com/2018/04/ejja-libyan-frittata-recipe-eggless-frittata-recipe.html