Turkish one-pan eggs & peppers (Menemen)

30-60 minutes 4 servings 400 kcal or less brunch eggs green pepper green peppers mains one pan one-pot street food tomato tomatoes

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Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

2 onions , sliced

1 red or green pepper , halved deseeded and sliced

1-2 red chillies , deseeded and sliced

400g can chopped tomatoes

1-2 tsp caster sugar

4 eggs

small bunch parsley , roughly chopped

6 tbsp thick, creamy yogurt

2 garlic cloves , crushed

Method

Heat the oil in a heavy-based frying pan. Stir in the onions, pepper and chillies. Cook until they begin to soften. Add the tomatoes and sugar, mixing well. Cook until the liquid has reduced, season.

Using a wooden spoon, create 4 pockets in the tomato mixture and crack the eggs into them. Cover the pan and cook the eggs over a low heat until just set.

Beat the yogurt with the garlic and season. Sprinkle the menemen with parsley and serve from the frying pan with a dollop of the garlic-flavoured yogurt.