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Baba Ganoush

Name: Baba Ganoush
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 2 medium eggplant; 1/4 cup tahini (sesame paste); 2 cloves garlic; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 2 tablespoons olive oil; to taste salt; 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika or cumin (optional)

Baba Ganoush is a smoky, creamy eggplant dip prominent in Israeli cuisine, often served as part of a mezze. It combines roasted eggplant with tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil, embodying the flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant regions.

7 ingredients

smokycreamytangygarlickynutty

Culinary DNA Preview

Levantine70%

Mediterranean30%

Ingredients

eggplant
2 medium
tahini (sesame paste)
1/4 cup
garlic
2 cloves
lemon juice
2 tablespoons
olive oil
2 tablespoons
salt
to taste
smoked paprika or cumin (optional)
1/2 teaspoon

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Originating in the Levant, Baba Ganoush gained popularity in Israeli cuisine through the blending of Arab and Jewish culinary traditions in the region.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Levantine70%

ingredients+techniques

Mediterranean30%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

roasting mashing mixing

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