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Baba Ganoush Recipe
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Baba Ghanoush or Baba-Ganouj (Arabic بابا غنوج), babaganuş, eggplant salad (Turkish), melitzanosalata (Greek μελιτζανοσαλάτα) is a kind of popular Middle Eastern dish made primarily of eggplant (aubergine), mashed, and mixed with various seasonings. Frequently the eggplant is baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste [1]. There is a great variety of similar aubergine-based dishes, some of which are known as "eggplant (aubergine) salad" or "baklazhannaya ikra". Ingredients 1 Large Eggplant baked then peeled 1/2 Cup Lemon Juice 2 Garlic cloves Minced 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 Cup of Tahini blend in blender or mix with mortar mint or parsley for garnish olive oil/cayenne pepper to top Directions Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Puncture the eggplant and roast it on a baking sheet at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Then place the eggplant in a plastic bag to cool, then you can peel it easier and remove the top, place the pealed eggplan in a bowl. Add the garlic, lemon juice and tahini paste, blend in a blender or with a mortar. Spread nicely in a plate and garnish with parsley or mint and top with olive oil and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper or paprika. Serve with olives and pita bread or toasted French bread.

Baba Ganoush Recipe

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Yield: 4-6
Level: Easy

Ingredients

  • 1 Large Eggplant baked then peeled
  • 1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
  • 2 Garlic cloves Minced
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 Cup of Tahini
  • 1 mint or parsley for garnish
  • 1 olive oil/cayenne pepper to top

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Puncture the eggplant and roast it on a baking sheet at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Then place the eggplant in a plastic bag to cool, then you can peel it easier and remove the top, place the pealed eggplan in a bowl. Add the garlic, lemon juice and tahini paste, blend in a blender or with a mortar. Spread nicely in a plate and garnish with parsley or mint and top with olive oil and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper or paprika. Serve with olives and pita bread or toasted French bread.
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Ingredients

  • 1 Large Eggplant baked then peeled
  • 1/2 Cup Lemon Juice
  • 2 Garlic cloves Minced
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 Cup of Tahini
  • 1 mint or parsley for garnish
  • 1 olive oil/cayenne pepper to top

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Puncture the eggplant and roast it on a baking sheet at 400 degrees for 40 minutes. Then place the eggplant in a plastic bag to cool, then you can peel it easier and remove the top, place the pealed eggplan in a bowl. Add the garlic, lemon juice and tahini paste, blend in a blender or with a mortar. Spread nicely in a plate and garnish with parsley or mint and top with olive oil and a sprinkle of cayenne pepper or paprika. Serve with olives and pita bread or toasted French bread.


Baba Ghanoush or Baba-Ganouj (Arabic بابا غنوج), babaganuş, eggplant salad (Turkish), melitzanosalata (Greek μελιτζανοσαλάτα) is a kind of popular Middle Eastern dish made primarily of eggplant (aubergine), mashed, and mixed with various seasonings. Frequently the eggplant is baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste [1]. There is a great variety of similar aubergine-based dishes, some of which are known as "eggplant (aubergine) salad" or "baklazhannaya ikra".
@BarefootArizona thanks :)
By: dedemed
@GFo12ce yes you can leave some of the peel on for a more smokey flavor, the written recipe is on my site :)
By: dedemed
@tripleleo wonderful, the written recipe is on my site :)
By: dedemed
Sweet lady. Seems like a cool chick
By: BarefootArizona
I've had this dish at a few different restaurants and I always like it. I want to try to make some. My favortie is from a Lebanese restaurant called Open Sesame In Long Beach Ca. I like it best because it has a smoky flavor to it. More so that the others I've had. Do you think they add some of the charred peel when they blend it? Otherwise I think all those ingredients sound right. I really want that smokey flavor in there. Thanks!
By: GFo12ce
I could eat babganosh all day and night. This place on 96th street in NYC (fresh Market) sells what I think is the tastiest version I[ve ever had. Thanks for the recipe, gonna make some some time soon
By: tripleleo
@felaniz that's wonderful, these recipe are for everyone to enjoy :)
By: dedemed
im asians and i luv baba ghanuj
By: felaniz
Shes quite hot!
By: egypTaz
@rchavez215 that's wonderful, i didn't know that :)
By: dedemed
@asanpuri baba ganoush means spoiled eggplant, but not spoiled in the bad sense but spoiled b/c so much it done to it...like spoiling a child ;)
By: dedemed
Hey dede, I am a fan of your recipes! I'm originally from Iraq and the way we make it is exactly the same but we add yogurt to it and it taste really good as well! thanks:)
By: rchavez215
what babaghanoush the word means
By: asanpuri
@Gaashura thanks, glad you liked it, check out my site for other recipes :)
By: dedemed
@SoSoniLove Hey, My gf's grandmother, arab and a great woman told me I can avoid the bitternes putting the eggplant on salty water for a while, and she also said you have to pick the eggplants that look almost black, no pink/green stripes. When I made it she loved it, and I still think my cooking is crap compared to hers. best of lucks!
By: Gaashura
Thanks 4 the recipe!!!
By: Granmah
@SoSoniLove Yes, it's either the aubergiene or maybe you added a bit to much tahini? Sometimes when that happens to me I just add a little bit more lemon juice to break the bitter flavor, give it a try ;)
By: dedemed
Hey dede I tried making this and omg i made a mess! Well not really but i mean the taste was so weird a bitter ?! Bad aubergiene? I dont know I used exactly the same ingredients as you and it just tasted so bad :(
By: SoSoniLove
@AmeraR555 sounds very interesting, never heard of it with mayo :)
By: dedemed
@dedemed yip - this is the 1st time iv seen tahini with it but its stil delicious and a great variation. three ways to make baba are : no onions, with onions, with mayo if u dont hav tahini. but the tahini is good ;)
By: AmeraR555
@dedemed WALLA?!?! ana libeni!! lol aren't we just awesome? lol
By: 818TUCAN818
@818TUCAN818 not at all LOL...I am Lebanese :)
By: dedemed
@dedemed lol YAAAY!!!! meanwhile..are you greek? or from where are you? sorry if i seem stalker ish lol.
By: 818TUCAN818
@818TUCAN818 the show is in the works. I am still releasing recipe videos weekly :)
By: dedemed
what happened to your show? the one you made the pilot for???? =/
By: 818TUCAN818

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