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Hot and Spicy Dip Kappadokias

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Dip, Dip, Dips love them!! Sorry, but I’m not really sure how to translate this one in English but what I am sure of is if you love hot and spicy dips, well this is the one to go with. 🙂  Hot Paprika Peppers combined with Aubergine, Onion and Garlic, but wait that’s the original recipe which I found on syntalogeio.blogspot.com. I tweaked the original to make my own lighter version without the onion and garlic. 🙂  

This hot and spicy reminds me of a story that I would like to share with you, I have a friend who loved eating spicy food, and I think she still does hmm but I’m not sure. 🙂  Anyway, we worked together many years ago in Greece as Faculty Sec. 🙂  I am not going to mention her name but she knows who she is because I know she reads my blog hahahahaha.  I will never forget that day, we were trying to figure out what we wanted to have for lunch, so we decided on ordering Chinese. My friend called in the order and she specifically  requested that her order be realllyyyyyyy spicyyyy. 

Our Chinese take out arrived, 🙂 oh wait!! one second!! I forgot to mention that our desks were not facing each other, one was towards the window and the other desk was next to the door and we almost always ate lunch at our desks.  For me to be able to see her I had to swirl around in my chair to face her so, as I was saying my desk was the one facing the window and on that day we were working on exams, and as I turned around  to ask her a question, OMG I looked at her face it was so REEDDDDDDD I thought something happened to her!!!  RED! I MEAN SERIOUSLY RED LIKE THE COLOR OF FIRE RED!! I asked her if she was ok and she said she was fine and enjoying her food..she had this big smile on her face and she kept mumbling  “hot, spicy, hot, spicy, hot, spicy  love it”. 🙂  

I could not believe how so infused with spice her food  was that her face could turn so RED.:)  I don’t think I have ever seen another human being turn so red after eating spicy food since then.   So, if you enjoy eating spicy food then try this dip either with onions and garlic or without you will love them both..:)

 

HOT AND SPICY DIP KAPPADOKIAS

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 Aubergine cut in half
  • 1 large Paprika Pepper
  • 1 Onion chopped
  • 1 Garlic Clove
  • 1 1/2 tablespoon Tomato Paste
  • 1/2 cup Olive Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Feta Cheese
  • Salt

Instructions
 

  • Wash Aubergine and dry.
  • Cut Aubergine in half and pre- heat oven at 180 degrees, once that’s done place in oven and bake until soft.
  • Once Aubergine is ready cut into smaller sizes and set aside to cool.
  • Dice onion and peel skin off the garlic.
  • Place pepper, aubergine, onion, garlic, sugar, salt, olive oil, into the food processor.
  • Add Tomato paste.
  • Toss in Feta Cheese
  • Blend until all combined.
  • Serve with fresh bread or crackers, cucumbers..:)

 

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

18 Comments

  1. Megala
    May 16, 2018 at 5:18 am  ·  Reply
    Awesome ! Love this bright & beautiful dip !!
  2. chefkreso
    May 16, 2018 at 7:47 am  ·  Reply
    Sounds yummy, crisps with this dip would be awesome!
  3. jyo
    May 16, 2018 at 8:40 am  ·  Reply
    Spicyyy ! then I m IN😉 Very appealing colour Sophie 💯
  4. PlantsandBeyond
    May 16, 2018 at 9:24 am  ·  Reply
    Cool post , Sophie! Didn’t know the name of that dish and was imagining your friend’s red face . Fun memory ;)
  5. bakingintheburbs
    May 16, 2018 at 11:43 am  ·  Reply
    Thanks for posting this recipe with that funny story. My cousin likes spicy food like your friend. She cares a bottle of hot sauce in her purse. Ha ha!
  6. dtills
    May 16, 2018 at 4:25 pm  ·  Reply
    😂 🤣 I am laughing so hard! I wonder if she has any taste buds left!!
  7. PS
    May 16, 2018 at 6:17 pm  ·  Reply
    This is one of my favorite dip!! Looks so delicious! Perfect for wrap and as a side dish..
  8. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    May 21, 2018 at 10:56 am  ·  Reply
    :-D :-D :-D Great post, Sophie! I am wondering, if my husband would get hot :-D I think, I have never seen him "complaining" when something was too hot. I honestly think he has metal mouth and his taste buds are destroyed :-D Love your dip, Sophie! <3

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