Shakshuka

This is a great start to the day as breakfast, although many enjoy this exclusively for brunch.

Shakshouka (also spelled shakshuka or chakchouka) is a Maghrebi dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, olive oil, peppers, onion and garlic, commonly spiced with cumin, paprika and cayenne pepper. Its origins are founded in the Ottoman Empire, North Africa in the mid-16th century after tomatoes were introduced to the region by Hernan Cortés as part of the Columbian exchange.

The combination of the individual ingredients that provide the freshness, umami, sweetness, smoothness and kick is a thing to behold.