Tunisia / Main
Ojja with merguez
A fiery tomato stew with merguez lamb sausages and eggs stirred into the sauce.
Ingredients
- Merguez sausages500 g
- Tomatoes600 g
- Bell peppers3
- Garlic6 cloves
- Harissa2 tbsp
- Tomato paste1 tbsp
- Eggs5
- Ground caraway1 tsp
- Olive oil50 ml
- Parsley30 g
- Baguette, to serve1
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Fry the merguez in olive oil until browned all over and lift them onto a plate.
In the same fat fry the sliced pepper and the garlic until soft.
Stir in the harissa, tomato paste and caraway and cook them two minutes.
Add the chopped tomatoes, season and cook fifteen minutes to thicken.
Return the sausages, cut into pieces, and warm them three minutes.
Drop the heat to its lowest, break in the eggs and stir with a spatula for three minutes into a creamy mass.
Scatter with parsley and serve straight from the pan with baguette.





