This is imabal. Some people confuse it for baba ganuj, but it’s not that. Mabal is arguably the superior sister to hummus. And I would even go as far as to say most people from the Middle East prefer this dish over hummus. The key to this is that your eggplant is grilled and has that smoky flavor as well as using a mortar and pestle to kind of push it all together. You don’t want to use a food processor for this cuz it ends up stringy, watery, and just not very good overall. You’re going to drench in olive oil, extra virgin, and if you can, look for Palestine or Lebanese olive oil. Garnish it with some pomegranate and parsley. And there you go. Enjoy it with some crackers or bread, whatever you like. It’s delicious.
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Interesting? Which country can I get that 2nd olive oil from? I tried looking it up but didn’t see it
Tunisian olive oil
Oh my!! That's exactly how my late mom used to prepare it 🥰🥰
How is this different from baba Ghanush
remember use the palestinian or lebanese olive oil, never the israeli olive oil
What’s the white liquid?
I grow lots of eggplants not knowing what to do with them. Now I know.
*doesn't use a mortar, just a pestle in a metal bowl* 😂
You mean Jewish olive oil from the West Bank.
We also add Greek yoghurt ! It’s so yummy.
Why are we ignoring syrian olive oil? 🙄
Yummmm
I hope one day we can have palestinian olive oil again
Egypt mogs “Palestine”
**israeli olive oil
Palestinian? Wtf is that?
Is Israeli olive oil ok?
Based on your recipe, I think this is how I make baba ghanoush and everyone says its the best baba ghanoush they've had so I can confirm all of your statements 😂
I actually don't eat it
It might be because i hate eggplants
This is a dumb question, do you eat the pomegranate seed?
Don’t come after my hummus
Is Saudi Olive oil okay?
Greek olive oil is superior
“palestinian olive oil” haha
I prefer Israeli olive oil
beautiful ! No crackers though . Needs to be fresh stone oven pita
Nah..
Ppl said that "muttonball" and baba "ganose" is the same thing. Took some liberty with the spellings….😅
Do you have the recipe for this? I see 3 cloves of garlic, two eggplants. How much lemon juice? How much tahini?
Well neither exist in Turkey so I dont have a preference lol
In Syria
Grilled eggplant = baba ghanouj
Baba ghanouj = grilled eggplant with tahini (sometimes we put pomegranate as you did)
Mtabal = bulgur with yougurt (we boil the burgul and when it gets cold we add the yougurt, grarilc and salt and then we put it in the fridge, we consider mtabal as a salad in Syria and we eat it especially with grean beans)
For context, I am from Lattakia, in other regions in Syria like Damascus of Aleppo their may be differences and maybe one of the regions they call what you did mtabal, but in Lattakia this is what we call baba ghanouj 😂
And a fun fact: bana ghanouj in Arabic literally means spoild dad
My favorite ❤
As alebanes you are right baba ganosh s without tahiny at all❤
Mtabbal is superior to hummus? Them fighting words!
In Romania that's called salata de vinete but without pomogranate seeds. I prefer Greek olive oil. It's the best.
What's the difference between regular olive oil and Palestinian olive oil?
I want to try it with Mild spicy chicken tenders
Ngl middle eastern food is terrible. Im just being honest. I mean they got shwarma but thats it
Add Aleppo pepper flakes , it’ll take it into an entire new level 🙂
this looks so delicious!! need to try
ده بابا غنوب 😂 دي الطريقة البنعمل بيها البابا غنوب بيها في مصر، ما عادا الكام خطوة الأخرنية. بعد ما نحط الطحينة ما بنعملش حاجه تاني بنكله كده
بالنسبة للحمص مفيش حاجه أحلي من كباية حمص شام 😊👍 arguably the right way to eat chickpeas
Superior? Yeah I don't know about that
are the pomegranate seeds swallowed whole when used as a garnish.
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