Beid bi Banadoura (Eggs in Tomato)
A simple Lebanese breakfast: ripe tomatoes cooked down with onion, garlic and olive oil, with eggs cooked right in the sauce. Scoop it up with warm pita.
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Cook the onion
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan (about 26 cm/10 in) over medium heat. Cook the onion for 4-5 minutes until soft, then add the garlic and cook 1 more minute.
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
✅ Done when: onion is soft and translucent, garlic is fragrant
Cook the tomatoes
Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper and cumin to the pan. Cover and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring now and then, until the tomatoes break down into a thick sauce.
- 5 ripe tomatoes, chopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp ground cumin
✅ Done when: sauce is thick and coats the back of a spoon
Add the eggs
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Serve
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Cook the onion
Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan (about 26 cm/10 in) over medium heat. Cook the onion for 4-5 minutes until soft, then add the garlic and cook 1 more minute.
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
✅ Done when: onion is soft and translucent, garlic is fragrant
Cook the tomatoes
Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper and cumin to the pan. Cover and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes, stirring now and then, until the tomatoes break down into a thick sauce.
- 5 ripe tomatoes, chopped
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ½ tsp ground cumin
✅ Done when: sauce is thick and coats the back of a spoon
Add the eggs
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Serve
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The Story Behind the Dish
Eggs and tomatoes is one of the first dishes many Lebanese children learn to cook. It is made in summer, when tomatoes are cheap, ripe and full of juice.
It is close to North African shakshuka, but the Lebanese version is simpler, without peppers, and is usually eaten for breakfast or a quick supper.
⭐ Why It's Famous
It needs only a few cheap ingredients and is ready in under half an hour.
💡 Fun Fact
Some families stir the eggs into the tomatoes like scrambled eggs instead of cooking them whole. Both versions are called beid bi banadoura.
Lebanon
33.89°N, 35.50°E
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