Title: Tochmeh Chorma (Date & Egg Breakfast)
Categories: Cheese Israel Jewish Persian
Yield: 4 Servings

3	tb	Corn oil
1	md	(1/2 cup) onion, chopped
1	c	Pitted dates
1/4	ts	Pepper
4		Eggs
1/2	ts	Salt

Persian housewives would purchase a box of dates containing several pounds & have them available for everyday use. As a family-style dish, dates & eggs were prepared this way for breakfast. Nourishing & tasty.

1. Heat oil in skillet & stir-fry onions until golden. Add dates & pepper & stir-fry over low heat for 3 mins. 2. Make 4 depression in date/onion mixture & add 1 whole egg to each depression. Sprinkle w/salt & fry for 3 mins to cook eggs. Serve warm, w/1 egg & some dates to each person.

Recipe: "Sephardic Cooking" by Copeland Mark -- 600 Recipes Created in Exotic Sephardic Kitchens from Morocco to India -- Copyright 1992 Published by Donald I. Fine, Inc., New York, N.Y. D. Pileggi

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