Ratatouille

Few days back I was watching a Disney Pixar movie called Ratatouille. It’s an animated movie and is a story about a young rat who is trying to prove his culinary skills. So for the climax of the movie a fancy layered version of the original french dish was prepared by renowned chef Thomas Keller, which looked very appetizing in the movie.I looked for the recipe but could not find one, so tried to create my own. Ratatouille is a French dish. It’s basically a vegetable stew served as a side dish accompanied with Pasta, rice or bread. This colorful dish looks beautiful and tastes delicious as well. 

Ingredients:

For Sauce

3 tomatoes finely chopped.

1 onion finely chopped

6 to 8 garlic cloves finely chopped.

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp black pepper powder

1 tsp chili powder

1 ½ tsp mix dry Italian herbs.

Salt to taste

For layered vegetables

2 zucchini thinly sliced.

2 eggplants thinly sliced

2 – 3 tomatoes thinly sliced

1 tbsp olive oil

Method:

Preheat oven at 350 ° F

In pan heat oil on medium flame, add garlic onions and sauté till they turn golden brown, and then add tomatoes and sauté till the mixture is thick.

Add salt and dry herbs and mix well. Then add pepper powder and chili powder, stir well. Once the sauce is ready remove from heat and keep aside.

Now in a baking dish pour the sauce at the base and then arrange all the sliced vegetables as shown in picture. Cover with aluminum foil and bake in a preheated oven at 350 ° F for 20 min.

Then remove the foil and bake uncovered for 15 min.

Serve hot with pasta, rice or even tastes good with couscous.

Enjoy!