Breakfast Time: Eggplant Torta!!

This dish has to be one of my favorite dishes, I'm always pushing my dad to cook this for me!  Then he FINALLY taught me how to make it!  It's a traditional healthy eggplant dish for breakfast, it's very much like an omelette using scrambled eggs.  

Ingredients:

4 Medium Eggplants
8 Eggs
Salt and Pepper
Olive Oil

Pan of choice: Wok
Serves: 4

Directions:

1.  Wash the eggplant and roast the eggplant over a stove or put the eggplant in the broiler, till it looks like this photo!   I just used the stove technique.

It might look funny but after this is done hold the stem of the eggplant and use tongs to peel away the top layer

2.  After, scramble two eggs and add it to the bowl and the eggplant, salt and pepper to taste. Using a fork, smash the eggplant into the egg.

I like to use a semi-shallow bowl, because when you put the eggplant in the pan you can just slide it in and it keeps its shape.

3.  Add a large bit of oil to the pan and slide the egg and eggplant in the pan.

4.  Flip the torta around and brown the otherside.

And there you have it!! Repeat the steps for more.. believe me it's addicting.  I definitely recommend adding a bit of ketchup!

mmm..

Saca’s Mediterranean: Falafel’s Falafel’s Falafel’s!

Saca’s is in the charming little downtown area in Claremont.  Small and quaint but very modern at the same time.  I’ve made several stops there last year and fell in love with the falafel’s.  But I finally determined that saca’s are the best by far with falafel’s.  I believe it’s family owed since 1992 and you can always see the “mom and pop” there always helping out.

However, dessert first!

The Baklava was good. Definitely buttery (but what is Baklava without the buttery-ness). The Filo dough was melt in your mouth and the filling of Walnut/Pistachios was in a perfect ratio. It’s a must try if you want a very rich dessert and only $1.29!

This is the Falafel Platter

Falafel definition directly quoted from the menu: “Saca’s Original Family Recipe.  Our famous Falafel are made fresh daily from Garbanzo Beans, Parsley, and Seasoned with a Secret Blend of Mediterranean Herbs and Spices.

About $7, but it’s more than enough for one person.  It comes with 6 falafel’s, hummus, pita bread, sesame sauce, and pickled turnips (the pink things!).

Look at the color! How do they make it so green!!

It has really great texture and it’s surprisingly not at all greasy.  It’s not stale or too hard.  It’s really filling too.  When I compare it to other falael’s, the others are always bland with no distinctive flavor.  But the falafel’s here have different components that are very distinctive.

Saca’s also serves shawerma chicken, beef, and lamb which is just vertically flame skewered.

www.gotosacas.com

248 w. second street

claremont, CA, 91711