Baba Ganoush!

@urbangirl (1456)
Australia
July 7, 2007 4:12am CST
Now as you probably know, one of my favourite topics is food and today I made some baba ganoush as I had a hankering for it. It's a dip made of eggplant, tahini (sesame paste), lemon juice, parsley, garlic and you can also use pine nuts for a bit of variation. I love this better than hommus. Any other fans of this dip out there?
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@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
7 Jul 07
Baba ganoush is one of my favorite dip.Only if I gonna say that I born at Turkey (a country that they use to eat it)and also my husband is from Egypt (a country that make the best Baba ganoush)you can understand why I love it so much I did it very often. Perfect choose my friend.
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@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
7 Jul 07
Geia sou Aidonia - I didn't know you were born in Turkey - where in Turkey? I have been all over Turkey. It's good to see there are some baba ganoush fans out there. I absolutely love this and also alot of other middle eastern dishes.
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@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
7 Jul 07
Politisa eimai.I travel all over the Turkey too.My grandmather was from Bursa but they lived at Antigoni the second from Pringiponisa .I went at school at Zapio if you know it.
@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
8 Jul 07
Thanks for the best response.By the way I made Baba Ganoush yesterday with little help of my son too.My husband loved it.
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
7 Jul 07
my daughter and I absolutely love hummis, but I have never made baba ganoush nor did I know it was a true food. I guess I thought it was something to do with Ricky Ricardo of "I love Lucy" *shrug* We will have to look up a recipe and give this a try.
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@patgalca (18391)
• Orangeville, Ontario
7 Jul 07
I wasn't sure what Baba Ganoush was either until it was introduced to us. We have a restaurant here in our town called Baba Ganoush so I always wondered what the heck it was.
@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
7 Jul 07
Ricky Ricardo and Baba Ganoush - I can see how you would get there ;-)
• United States
10 Jul 07
I have always wondered what baba ganoush was made out of... unfortunately I don't like eggplant. Everything else sounds good though.
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@derek_a (10873)
7 Jul 07
I have not tried this sort of dip, but must admit it sounds very tasty.. :-)
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@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
7 Jul 07
Derek - you should try it if you get an opportunity.
@makingpots (11915)
• United States
9 Jul 07
I'm a fan now, after reading this. Yum. I am pretty sure I have had it before and just did not know what it is called. I'm trying to imagine the pine nut variation. Not sure I would like it as much, but I would definitely give it a try.
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I've never had this dip, but it sounds like it might be good. So what do you eat with it? Veggies? Chips? Bread? I do like Hummus. It's quite good. My co-worker eats it all the time for a mid-day snack between lunch and dinner or so.
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@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
7 Jul 07
You can have it with bread and pita chips....it's got a nice flavour you should savour so don't dip anything into it that already has flavour - like flavoured chips for example. If you like hommus, you will like baba ganoush - the eggplant has to be grilled or put in the oven first (don't try making it with freshly cut, uncooked eggplant).
@raychill (6525)
• United States
7 Jul 07
my cooking club always likes trying different things, maybe I'll make this for cooking club soon :) thanks!
@habichuelo (3100)
• United States
7 Jul 07
mmmmmmm delicious!!!!!! i will go to the gourmet supermarket and buy all the ingredients......then eat and eat!!,,when i heard eggplant i fell on my knees.!!!
@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
7 Jul 07
habichuelo - let me know what you think.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
12 Jul 07
Well, it does sound really delicious but I do not think that I have had it before. I should look into that sometimes. Thanks for the information.
@patgalca (18391)
• Orangeville, Ontario
7 Jul 07
My daughter was introduced to it by a friend and insisted we pick some up at the grocery store. I love it, both my daughter do. We take pita bread and rip pieces off and dip them in the dip. It is very good.
@hoghoney (3747)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I have never tried this but I do love fried eggplant, I have an eggplant growing in my garden cant wait til it starts getting some on it
@hoghoney (3747)
• United States
9 Jul 07
well you just PM me the recpt. for it and I will give it a shot. Hugs!
@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
8 Jul 07
Oooh - if you like fried eggplant then you would love baba ganoush. I think you would also love moussaka...
@Modestah (11179)
• United States
11 Jul 07
oh my goodness I LOVE Mousakka and Pasticcio! mmm mmm mmmm! and souvlaki and and and gyros.... sigh.
@PunkyMcPunk (1477)
• Canada
9 Jul 07
I am addicted to this stuff! A co-worker and one of my dearest friends was having it for lunch one day and he said here try this, he took off a chunk of pita and dipped it in and handed it to me. I honestly thought it was some sort of pate because it was reddish purplish brown in colour. I said no I don't like eating guts, he laughed and then had some himself and said "don't you trust me?" He looked at me with big puppy dog eyes so of course I said yes, give it to me.... AND OH MY BLOODY GOD!!! It was like food from the gods! mmmmmm I know buy it on a weekly basis and love to eat it with whole wheat pita bread. I am definitely going to try to make it myself as it is kind of expensive here in my area and often tiems not in stock in every grocery store.
@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
10 Jul 07
Hi PunkyMcPunk - I agree with you, it's like a food from the gods...but I wonder why your version was reddish purple brown - the ones I have had (and made)are kind of creamy coloured - khaki.
@molusk (857)
• Philippines
9 Jul 07
hi urbangirl, my friend. This Baba Ganoushi thing seems to make my mouth water already. How do you go about making it ? Can I request you the recipe and the method of cooking it through PM, in return I can teach you a Filipino dish which I believe you will like. PM me if agreeable, my friend.