The ingredients of this dish are cheap and simple but the spices make this dish.
<br />Use whole spices which you crush in a mortar, this way the taste is much more intense. By making your own spice blends you can give your signature to a dish.
<br />Vegetarians can make the dish without the sardines.
<br />Vegans can omit the fish and use (whole wheat) filo pastry instead of the whole wheat short crust pastry. Brush the layers of filo with oil before you stuff them.
<br />I imagine next time I make this vegan variation, to sprinkle sesame seeds and black cumin between the filo pastry leafs, or even add some of the spice mixture to it.
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