Menemen
You already know how much I love egg. I can eat this delicious product of hens everyday and in every version. I feel a great admiration to these productive animals every time I eat or use egg in some dishes. I believe that hens want to send us their eggs as a gift. I love first their apperance, either broken or unbroken. They are so cute in a rush basket and when cooked, they are beautiful with the combination of yellow and white. They are so compatible that they shouldn’t be seperated except for some dishes.
Generally I prefer a boiled egg for breakfast, but this boiling procedure is so important. You should be very careful to take the egg from fire in the right time. My favorite egg shouldn’t be too soft or too much cooked, it should be in between. I don’t know if there is a word for it in English. After it starts to boil, I keep them two minutes on fire, not more not less. Then I have my favorite egg version. I sprinkle little salt and cumin on my egg while eating and feel that indefinable pleasure. Then I thank these altruist animals (hens and cocks of course) for not grudging their eggs from us.
Apart from boiled version, I also love eggs in menemen if I have enough time to cook. Menemen is the name of a dish that enriches your breakfast with its appetizing smell and its colors. It’s a kind of dish that we generally have in breakfast, but people may also have it as a main dish if they want a quick prepared dish for lunch or dinner. It’s certainly up to you when to eat melemen.
Ingredients
•   2 middle sized tomatoes, chopped
•   2 green peppers, chopped
•   1 scallion, chopped
•   3 eggs
•   1 tbsp olive oil
•   Salt
•   Black pepper
Saute peppers and a scallion with olive oil in a pan. Then add tomatoes and cook them until their water mostly evaporates. Then add salt and stir. With a wooden spoon, arrange the places of three eggs. Break the eggs into the empty places you arrange. And help the eggs cook well with small touches (with the wooden spoon) to their whites. It will be ready in a few minutes. Then sprinkle black pepper on it for the highest delight.
And here are the main characters of this post. This picture is from a nearby village where we can have fresh eggs. 
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vrinda on Thu, 19th Feb 2009 7:05 am
you r right abt boiling eggs…i think many doesn’t know how to boil eggs…!Yours look perfect…yummmy pic Zerrin..
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie on Thu, 19th Feb 2009 7:23 am
Beautiful eggs – love those egg yolks – yum!
Daily Spud on Thu, 19th Feb 2009 9:38 am
Lovely weekend breakfast idea!
The Duo Dishes on Thu, 19th Feb 2009 12:30 pm
This is totally awesome. Love how the yolks just sit on top. Just pass a bit of bread and a fork!
Cathy - wheresmydamnanswer on Thu, 19th Feb 2009 2:39 pm
DAMN that is my kind of breakfast – Though I would eat that anytime of the day!! Cheers
Mely on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 4:32 am
Those eggs look just perfect for some toast bread, hhmmm.
I can eggs everyday but prefer to leave it for weekends.
Regards
Sophie on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 7:07 am
What a lovely picture! You say that you eat eggs every day for breakfast?? Is it healthy? But this combination I make from time to time,…. Simple yet so tasty!
Hillary on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 7:58 am
I cannot get over how good this looks!
OysterCulture on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 8:36 am
This dish looks wonderful and very substancial. I cannot wait to try.
Chuck on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 10:20 am
OMG, pass me a fork!!! That looks like an amazing breakfast! Love it!
Zerrin on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 10:47 am
Vrinda, Natasha, Daily Spud, The Duo Dishes, Cathy, Mely, Hilary, OysterCulture, Chuck thank you all. Glad you love it.
Sophie – I can eat eggs everyday if my husband doesn’t stop me. I know it wouldn’t be healthy if I ate it everyday, so I eat just 3 times a week.
The GastroGnome on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 11:03 am
This is Shakshouka! It’s a favorite of mine, I learned to make it when traveling in Ecuador with a few Israeli girls and we had the most fabulous produce.
Zerrin on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 11:10 am
Shakshouka?? We have a dish with a name very similar to this one: Saksuka; made of some roasted vegetables. Thanks for stopping by.
Gera @ SweetsFoods on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 12:10 pm
Zerrin what a succulent colorful and flavorful dish!
we are never full on Sat, 21st Feb 2009 9:39 pm
there really is nothing like an egg. that bottom “hen” picture made me laugh so hard!
Maggie on Sun, 22nd Feb 2009 7:24 am
Beautifully cooked eggs! I bet this would be great topped with some hot sauce.
ltraider on Sun, 22nd Feb 2009 3:38 pm
Wow that picture looks awesome. I’m hungry for eggs now. You’re pretty lucky to be able to get fresh eggs so easy. Your site is looking great.
Kevin on Mon, 2nd Mar 2009 7:54 pm
This looks like a great way to do eggs!
Rachelle on Mon, 23rd Mar 2009 8:02 am
Yum. I think eggs and chickens are one of the miracles of the world too.
Fig Dessert | Give Recipe on Mon, 18th May 2009 3:43 pm
[...] decided to have lunch at home together. We quickly prepared menemen (an easy dish of eggs, tomatoes and peppers) and enjoyed it with cacik (a cold soup of yogurt and [...]
Cajun Chef Ryan on Fri, 10th Jul 2009 5:02 pm
Now that is one throwdown breakfast for sure!
Jessie on Fri, 11th Sep 2009 5:04 pm
well that is one mighty satisfying breakfast to have!
Pigpigscorner on Wed, 16th Sep 2009 2:41 am
ooo yum! Love the eggs!
ghd on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:29 am
I used to have this for breakfast when I lived in Ankara, Tukey. The only variation is my brother in law would add some sucuk(turkish sausage)to it and some chillies for extra kick. Brings back lots of memories. I make it sometimes here in the UK but it just doesnt taste the same as it did in lovely ankara.