Easiest Way to Make Award-winning Baba Ghanoush

Baba Ghanoush. A traditional recipe for this eggplant dip. It consists of baked eggplant with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini sauce. Dip into this with pita bread and you have yourself a delicious-and-light appetizer.

Made with eggplant that's been fire roasted (either on a hot grill or under a broiler) to the point of shriveling, it can be served as a side dish. Typically, though, it's a cold or room temperature spread, served with pita bread or crostini or crusty French bread…or a spoon. Baba ganoush, also spelled baba ghanoush is a Mediterranean eggplant dip, popular in many Middle Eastern countries.

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A traditional recipe for this eggplant dip. It consists of baked eggplant with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini sauce. Dip into this with pita bread and you have yourself a delicious-and-light appetizer.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baba ghanoush using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baba Ghanoush:

1. {Take of Eggplant, 2 Large.
2. {Make ready Pinch of Sea Salt,.
3. {Make ready Pinch of Black Pepper,.
4. {Take of Canola / Peanut / Vegetable Oil, A Few Drizzle.
5. {Take 2 TBSP of Good Quality Tahini,.
6. {Take 1 TBSP of High Quality Peanut Butter Preferably Pic's,.
7. {Make ready 1/2 TSP of Cumin Powder,.
8. {Make ready 2 TBSP of Extra Virgin Olive Oil,.
9. {Get Pinch of Dried Mushroom Powder,.
10. {Prepare 2 Cloves of Garlic Grated,.
11. {Prepare of Fresh Lemon Juice, 1/2 Lemon.
12. {Make ready of Fresh Lemon Zest, 1/2 Lemon.
13. {Get 1/2 TSP of Smoked Paprika,.
14. {Prepare of Pita Bread Homemade or Store-Bought, To Serve.
15. {Make ready of Cauliflower Couscous, To Serve.
16. {Get of Parsley Coarsely Chopped, For Garnishing.

It mostly has the same ingredients as hummus except for the chickpeas. This creamy dip would be a great appetizer to serve at your next party or the perfect addition to a mezze platter. Where I grew up, and all over Middle East, this tasty eggplant dip is called baba ganoush (or baba Ganouj), which literally means "spoiled dad." (It's that good that if you ate it, you can't help but feel a bit spoiled)! In the Levant, it is called muttabal or s alat hatzilim, meaning eggplant salad.

Steps to make Baba Ghanoush:

1. Pls visit: https://www.fatdough.sg/post/couscous-sweet-potato-boats for the couscous recipe..
2. Pls visit: https://www.fatdough.sg/post/2018/10/03/greek-pita-bread for the pita bread recipe. You can replace the milk with any dairy-free milk for vegan options..
3. Preheat oven to 200 degree celsius or 400 fahrenheit. Slice the eggplants in halves lengthwise. Rub the cut surface with some salt. Set aside on a wire rack for about 15 mins..
4. This will draw out excess moisture from the eggplants. Pad the eggplants dry. Transfer onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Season with salt and pepper..
5. Drizzle some oil over the top. Turn the eggplants, cut side down. Wack into the oven and roast for about 45 mins or until they almost fall apart. Remove from the oven..
6. Set aside until cool enuff to handle. Once cooled, use a spoon and scrape out the flesh from the skins. Discard the skins and transfer the flesh onto a sieve over a bowl. Gently press to release more moisture and liquid from the flesh. *Do not overdo it by pressing too hard.*.
7. Transfer the flesh onto a large mixing bowl. Add in tahnini, peanut butter, olive oil, garlic, cumin, paprika, mushroom powder, lemon juice and zest..
8. Stir to combine well. Taste and adjust for seasonings with more salt and pepper. Drizzle some more olive oil over the top and garnish with parsley. Serve immediately with pita bread and cauliflower couscous..

Prick eggplant with a fork and place on a cookie sheet lined with foil. Baba Ganoush is a silky, luxurious combination of eggplant, tahini paste, garlic, lemon juice and salt that is blended into the most creamy luscious dip. It originates from the Middle East and is often served with pita bread, olives, or vegetables as a flavorful appetizer. It's one of my personal favorite recipes on the blog. In Arabic, "baba" means father and "ghanoush" means spoiled.

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