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There is nothing special in threading vegetable pieces onto skewers, but this way of brushing them with a spicy oil lemon juice marinade makes all the difference.
Served along with this creamy spicy dip, your guests will just savor these finger-lickling good skewers!
Make sure that eggplants, zucchinis and sweet peppers are all cut into almost same size pieces as they all take the same time to cook.
These skewers can also be grilled onto a hot barbecue rack, preferably into a reserved corner of the rack, away from any cooking meat juices.
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- 2 partially peeled eggplants, into pieces
- 2 zucchinis, into pieces
- 2 or 3 sweet red and/or green peppers, membranes removed and seeded, into pieces
- 12 to 16 cherry-tomatoes
- 4 small red onions, quartered
Marinade
- 4 tablespoons [60 mL] olive oil
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 teaspoon [5 mL] ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon [5 mL] ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons [10 mL] pale honey
- 1 teaspoon [5 mL] salt
Harissa Yogurt Dip
- 1 pound [454 g] Greek yogurt, or strained plain yogurt [2 cups - 500 mL]
- 2 to 4 tablespoons [30 to 60 mL] harissa sauce
- 1 small bunch fresh coriander, finely chopped
- 1 small bunch fresh mint, finely chopped
- Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
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- Prepare then reserve harissa yogurt dip.
- Preheat oven broiler until really hot.
- Transfer eggplant, zucchini and sweet pepper pieces along with cherry-tomaotes into a large bowl.
- Mix together all marinade ingredients [olive oil, lemon juice, crushed garlic, ground coriander, ground cinnamon, honey and salt].
- Pour marinade all over vegetables.
- With your hands, delicately turn all vegetables until coated with marinade; thread vegetables onto metal skewers.
- Broil skewers under preheated oven broiler turning from time to time, until all vegetable pieces are just golden on all sides.
- Slide really hot vegetables onto a serving plate.
- Serve vegetables sprinkled with reserved finely chopped coriander and mint, along with harissa yogurt dip into a small bowl.
Harissa Yogurt Dip
- Pour yogurt into a bowl; slowly beat in enough of harissa sauce to get a spicy to taste dip.
- Reserving a little for serving, mix in almost all of freshly chopped coriander and mint.
- Season well with salt and ground black pepper.
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