Baba Ghanoush

You all must have come across lots of articles with headlines '1000 places to see before you die". Likewise if there was some list like that for food, Baba Ghanoush would be amongst them in my list. This simple and absolutely delicious eggplant dip is a famous Middle Eastern speciality.



It has a scrummy mix of roasted eggplant (ah! that smokey taste from broiling is not to be missed!) and tahini with other seasonings which compliment these so well.My variation is from a recipe book which I have adapted and come to like and which I have here.

Ingredients

• 1 large eggplant or 2 medium sized ones
  
  
• 2-3 cloves of garlic
  
  
• 3-4 tbsp of Tahini
  
  
• 1/4 cup of ground almonds
  
  
• juice of 1/2 lemon
  
  
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin ( you can use ground coriender along with too)
  
  
• few sprigs of mint
  
  
• salt to taste
  

Mthod

1.Brush the eggplant with olive oil and poke it with a fork all over.



2.Broil it or roast it directly on the flame in the stove top till the skin starts blackening and looks blistered. Cool it for some time and strain all the juices with the help of a colander.



3.Remove the skin and chop the eggplant



5.process it along with garlic, tahini, almond powder, lemon juice, cumin powder and salt. Then garnish it with some mint leaves and coat it with some olive oil.

Simple isnt it..It goes well with Pita Bread, flatbreads etc. This is my entry for Pooja's VOW Event with theme Eggplant