Aubergine Dip : Nutty, Smoky and Chunky

Sweet Sugarless Story

A good Dip / Spread can be an essential part of a successful diet, and it is important the the dips we make are low on the calories and yet delicious.

Aubergine / Brinjal / Eggplant are one of most diverse ingredients and can be used various Cuisines .We take inspiration from Two middle Eastern mezze to create this delicious spread, the Baba Ghanouj and Mutabal. This works beautifully as a spread or as a dip and can be paired flatbread to eat it as Mezze too. Aubergine is a good source of multiple vitamins, minerals and lots of antioxidants too making them very good for us. The high fiber content makes it great for the gut too

Who said diets need to be dull and boring, this smoky spread and be a great breakfast on toast too.

I usually use half cup onion and tomato, and 1 tablespoon tahini per medium sized aubergine. you can make this with any nut butter of your choice, and can also be made with hung curd. to increase the protein content you could also add grated boiled eggs to the dip.

I hope this recipe adds value to your life and brings joy to your diets,

Culinarily Yours
Rahul Arora

sweet sugarless story my story but can be our story one of the things that I love doing in my diet is to have spreads on a sardo and even have wraps and I’m always looking for new things to do with them and made are a perfect solution for them one of the things that I love to spread on them is my aubberene dip yes you heard that right you know that a gene is one of the vegetables which is available all through the globe and is very very versatile and the Middle East knows how to do magic with it i’m making a dip which is a cross between a baba ganosh and a moab bell it’s creamy nutty has some texture as well and is very very low on oil delicious and perfect for my diet so for this recipe we will need to roast the oagans but we must make incision on them and check for insects after all we don’t want to have a non-vegetarian dip [Music] check this looks perfect there are no insects inside it [Music] we found one with an insect see that so we won’t use this one yeah this one’s fine check this one absolutely [Music] apply oil and then we’re going to char them over open fire [Music] now turn them and char them from all sides till they become tender takes around 8 to 10 minutes see the oagans are getting cooked well we need to cook them till they are fully charred on all sides and then we’ll peel them see it’s beautifully cooked and the peel comes off very easily it’s still hot if you’re not in a hurry you can wait for it to get cooled it comes off very easily take the roasted oagene and get rid of the crown [Music] just helps me do things faster [Music] if you like your dip chunky you can do it like this with a fork uh you could also use a chopper or a blender and do light blending if you like it smooth but I think it’s very soft so this is an easy way to do it takes a little time but add the perfect texture to this we’ll add onions i like raw onions if you want you can saute them and add tomatoes [Music] some coriander you could use parsley as well lemon juice chilies this is optional i like it slightly spicy so I’m going to add chilies this is absolutely optional usually this recipe calls for grated raw garlic but uh I’m adding uh garlic which has been cooked with a little bit of olive oil like I had shared it in my tatsiki recipe as well because I don’t like the raw flavor of garlic in my pepper salt some extra virgin olive oil [Music] and tahini paste or sesame paste uh some people even make the oagene dips with hunker or yogurt as well you could also add any other form of nut butter that you have if you don’t have tahini at home i don’t mind it sometimes even made with peanut butter as well now just mix this all up [Music] and let’s plate it [Music] we’ll drizzle some olive oil on this and it’s ready some flatbread and [Music] just amazing cheers [Music]