Galayet Bandora is a simple delicious dish from the Jordanian cuisine! Made with just 3 ingredients in 15 minutes!
GALAYET BANDORA
Here’s a simple traditional dish that I made yesterday. Galayet Bandora is basically sauteed tomatoes stewed with garlic, olive oil, pepper, and salt! It can be either cooked plain, using only tomatoes, or can be cooked with minced meat or with eggs. Either way, it is very delicious! And very healthy too!
Yesterday I went to our farm in Madaba (Jordan) and enjoyed the beautiful weather we are having these days! I walked in the tomato fields and had fun picking some fresh tomatoes and serrano peppers. Galayet Bandora is one of my all-time favourite dishes. So I decided to cook it once I was back home and this is why I’m sharing this recipe with you today.
AUTHENTIC JORDANIAN RECIPE
If you’ve ever been to Jordan, then you must have tried Galayet Bandora in a restaurant here. It is very common to see it on the menus in Arabic restaurants under “Sides/Starters”. Galayet Bandora is usually eaten with fresh (from the oven) pita bread and can be sprinkled with pine nuts!
HOW TO MAKE GALAYET BANDORA
You can cook the tomatoes without peeling the skin off, but in my family we prefer eating it without the skin. And to easily peel the skin off, cut tomatoes as shown in the picture below, keep them in hot water for a couple of minutes, and the skin should come off nicely when you try peeling them!
Cut the peeled tomatoes into medium sized cubes. Heat olive oil in a saucepan to medium high and cook tomatoes for several minutes, then reduce heat to simmer. Add serrano pepper and salt to taste. Make sure that you stir the tomatoes once in a while so it does not burn or stick to the pan at the bottom.
My favourite way to eat Galayet Bandora is with fresh from the oven pita bread (you literally eat it with the bread, no forks or spoons needed!!). But it can also be served with rice on the side especially when it’s cooked with minced meat!
In Jordan, the most important meal of the day is Lunch. And it is not just about the food. It’s more like a celebration when all the family gets together for a meal! And these gatherings are my favourite, because this is when we share all those different simple dishes on the table which we enjoy with the people that we love the most.
I hope that you love this recipe as much as I do, and don’t forget to check out more of my Middle Eastern Recipes.
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Galayet Bandora
Ingredients
- 5 tomatoes
- 1 serrano pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- In a saucepan heat olive oil to medium high, then add tomatoes as well as pepper, lower heat to simmer and cook until tomatoes are soft. Add salt to taste.
- Serve with warm pita bread and enjoy.
Nutrition
Julia Peters
I absolutely love this recipe! I followed it step by step and it turned out amazing! My husband is asking me to make it again for dinner today. I’ll be making it along with batata harra that I found on your blog.
Shireen Khan
Excellent, simple, quick, healthy and delicious, thank you.
Martina Evans
I too love fresh produce, especially from right off the farm. You dish in particular looks lovely, I really like Middle Eastern food and so I can’t wait to try this dish. Thanks for the recipe!
Penelope
Oh I shall keep my eyes on my tomato plants – this would be a lovely way to use them
Mel @ avirtualvegavegan.com
So simple and yet so delicious! And not forgetting healthy too. I love Middle Eastern Food!
Lucy
This looks so good, the colours are amazing!
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
Cant wait for my tomatoes to come out so I can try this.
Choclette
That looks so delicious. I adore Middle Eastern food and spent a bit of time in Egypt where we had what seemed like a banquet every lunchtime. Sadly, I’ve not made it to Jordan yet. It was wonderful.
Helen
I love Middle Eastern food and this looks delicious! Bookmarking the recipe until my tomatoes are ripe…