Love love love this recipe, shared by my beautiful friend Momal [also the source of a number of other recipes on this blog!], which combines some of my favorite ingredients, simply and efficiently, to give a show-stopping dish which serves fantastically well as comfort food!
This is not an exact recipe, but it's easy to muddle through:
Ingredients:
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup milk [plus or minus some cream to make it richer]
1/2 Cup shredded cheese [ or more - cheddar, mozzarella, Parmesan, whatever!]
4 large potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
Sesonings:
Salt
Black pepper
Oregano seeds [Ajwain]
Oregano leaves
Thyme
Parsley
Crushed garlic/garlic powder [If you like garlic]
Additionally:
Sliced sausages
Shredded, cooked chicken
Sliced mushrooms
Sliced olives
Washed, whole spinach leaves
This is obviously a very vrestaile recipe, and you can dress it up which ever way ou want it!
First, crack those eggs in a bowl, throw in the seasonings, milk and cream, and beat together well.
Prepare all and any 'additionals' you like.
For the potatoes: I was in a hurry today [decided I wanted this two hours before iftari!] so I cut short on the baking time by boiling a large pot of water, and throwing in the sliced potatoes for about ten minutes [or less], until half cooked. If you have time, you dont need to do this.
So layer the katchay or adhay-pakkay potato slices in an olive-oiled baking dish [I like to sprinkle some ajwaein on the base, just for luck =D] along with your additionals and the egg mixture and your cheese. Until it's all in there.
Put in your oven to bake. I can't say at what temp or for how long, because I'm not any good with calculations like that. I put it in my electric oven for about one hour, at a medium setting [both top and bottom grills], and just kept checking. Don't dry it out too much. Check with a knife or a fork or something. In the end, if the top is too white, grill for a few minutes till golden.
Have fun!
