RATATOUILLE

This article is about a vegetable dish. For the film, please see Ratatouille (film).

Ratatouille is a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish which can be served as a meal on its own (accompanied by rice, potatoes, or simply French bread), or as a side dish. Tomatoes are a key ingredient, with onions, zucchini (courgettes), eggplant (aubergine), bell peppers, and a bit of herbs de provence and sometimes basil. All are sautéed in olive oil.

The name of the dish appears to derive from the French touiller, to stir, although the root of the first element "rat-" slang from the French Army meaning chunky stew. The word ratatouille has also come to be used in non-culinary contexts in English to refer to a (generally colourful) mixture of any kind.

There is a Maltese version of ratatouille called “kapunata”. This is very similar and made from tomatoes, green peppers, aubergines and garlic, and goes well with grilled fresh fish.

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