Baba ganoush (eggplant hummus)

[pinchofcinnamon]

Comments

[anthylorrel]

I feel the need to nitpick a little. The "nacho" is actually called a tortilla chip, unless it being used to make "nachos".

Besides that, this recipe looks absolutely delicious! You can also cut pita's in to wedges and bake in the oven until it is crisp and make pita chips.

[pinchofcinnamon]

thank you:) corrected
yes, this way even stale pita bread becomes really good

[bridie]

Gorgeous and bright step-by-step photos - thank you!

[pinchofcinnamon]

Thank you very much! :-)

[carminaburana]

My favorite!

Just a couple of tips - grilling the eggplant will give it more of a smoky flavor. Also, it's common in many Levantine regional versions to add a little yogurt to the baba ghanouj and i find it gives it a teally nice tang!

Its real name by the way, at least in Lebanon and Syria, is mutabbal baytenjen. Americans call it baba ghanouj and even though that's basically what it's evolved into in the West, the real "baba ghanouj" is a different eggplant dish with tomatoes and walnuts.

[pinchofcinnamon]

Wow, that's interesting to learn that! Now I recall that I saw the baytenjen in one of Nigella Lawson's videos. She made it with yogurt, as you say, and also with saffron, but without tahini.

Thanks for the grilling tip. I know that charing on open flame also works to get smoky flavor. But if you don't have neither grill or open flame there is one more way. You can bake the eggplants in very hot oven (around 220 - 240C) for an hour or a little more till they become completely black on the outside. Then accurately separate the black crust and work with the white flash. I do it for this quinoa recipe

[yui_hime]

NGL, this is the only dish that will make me eat eggplant. I can't stand the stuff.

[pinchofcinnamon]

I see. In a sense it really makes the eggplant taste quite differently :)

[veggieg]

Yum, looks so gooooood! THank you for given us the recipe, I'll try it <3

[pinchofcinnamon]

Oh, you are so welcome! Enjoy!:-)