Baba Ghanoush


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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 71.4
  • Total Fat: 5.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 9.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 6.3 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
  • Protein: 1.7 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Baba Ghanoush calories by ingredient



Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    1 small eggplant
    2 tbsp lemon juice
    2 tbsp tahini
    1 tbsp sesame seeds
    1 clove garlic
    1/2 tsp salt
    Pepper to taste
    2 tsp olive oil
    1 tsp olive oil

Directions

Serve 6 x 1/4 Cup servings

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet. (Optional: Roast eggplant till black all over on grill).
Place eggplant on baking sheet, and make holes in the skin with a fork. Roast it for 30 to 40 minutes, turning occasionally, or until soft. Remove from oven, and place into a large bowl of cold water. Remove from water, and peel skin off.
Place eggplant, lemon juice, tahini, sesame seeds, and garlic in an electric blender, and puree. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer eggplant mixture to a medium size mixing bowl, and slowly mix in olive oil. Refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.
Drizzle 1 tsp Olive oil over top of mixture before serving

Preferable Method:
place the whole eggplant, skin and all on the stove burner and charred each side over medium-high heat until it is soft and black all over. Then, i wrap it tightly in foil and placed in on the burner at low heat for about 30 min, turning once. By this time it should be very soft. Let it sit until it cools enough to handle and unwrap the foil over a bowl to collect all of the juices that leak (the juices add so much flavor) and carefully remove the blackened outer skin and discard that. Then you are left with a perfectly smoky eggplant pulp to add to the other ingredients.



Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAIGREY1.

TAGS:  Snacks |

Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Very Good
    Thanks for sharing - 7/4/20


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    I have been looking for a recipe for Baba Ghanoush. This looks perfect! Adding the ingreds to my shopping list.

    Thanks for sharing!
    - 7/8/13


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    Bad
    Sorry, but I thought this was awful! AND I like just about everything. What a waste of a perfectly good eggplant! - 9/9/10


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    Incredible!
    Very good! - 9/8/10


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    this is so good!!! - 8/15/10


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    Thank you for the serving size. That is so helpful! - 7/31/10


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    Love Baba - awesome. Thank you. - 6/15/10


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    Incredible!
    wonderful traditional recipe & explanation. yummy! - 8/20/09


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    Very good! I found something delicious & healthy to make with the surplus eggplants from my garden! - 10/20/07


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    It was great in a pita with lettuce and tomatoe. - 10/3/07


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    Incredible!
    Awesome! Thanks for the recipe. - 8/28/07


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    Incredible!
    I like to make this and hummus and serve it with baked pita chips for a light supper - 6/20/07