Baba Ganoush!
By urbangirl
@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.
@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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@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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@urbangirl (1456)
• Australia
7 Jul 07
Ricky Ricardo and Baba Ganoush - I can see how you would get there ;-)
@Withoutwings (6992)
• 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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@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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@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).
@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.!!!
@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.
@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...
@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.
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