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Easy Babaganoush

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chocolate moose

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 3:04 pm

For years, I tried many many ways to prepare it: frying the eggplant, baking it, even broiling it. No good.

Then, a young balabusteh friend told me she makes it this way:

Easy Babaganoush
one medium sized eggplant
one or two cloves of garlic
a sprinkle each of salt & pepper
a sprinkle of cumin if you like it spicey, optional
a tablespoon of lemon juice to taste, optional
a few tablespoons of mayonnaise - any kind

So - you prick the eggplant a few times with a fork or knife, then nuke it for about 10 minutes.

Slash open to cool, then with a spoon, chunk out the inside into your food processor or blender. You can add some peel if you like it.

Smash with the blade or blend, adding your spices and mayo to taste.

Chill and serve cold. Amazing!

Recipe can be halfed, double, tripled, and even frozen.

Enjoy it! Sara

Last edited by chocolate moose on Sun, Feb 05 2006, 3:28 pm; edited 1 time in total

Motek

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 3:11 pm

SaraG wrote:

salt, pepper, lemon juice to taste
mayonnaise - any kind

amounts please!

if you don't have, how about if next time you make it, you measure?

happymom

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 3:14 pm

I make somethinglike that

2 eggplants
one teaspoon sugar
one teaspoon lemon juice
a tablespoon salt
2 cloves garlic
3 tabs mayo

Last edited by happymom on Mon, Feb 06 2006, 2:19 pm; edited 1 time in total

chocolate moose

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 3:29 pm

Motek, thanks for caring; I edited it.

BrachaVHatzlocha

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 5:12 pm

sorry, but what's nuke?

chocolate moose

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 5:14 pm

Nuke - cook in microwave. Sorry.

Motek

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 5:25 pm

now if you - sarag and happymom could each bring me samples, I will know which to copy!

do you realize how DIFFERENT your seasoning is (keep in mind, sarag's is for ONE eggplant and happymom's is for TWO!) Question

chocolate moose

Sun, Feb 05 2006, 5:33 pm

Darn I just ate all of our up..how about at the meet we each bring ours?

LubavitchLeah

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 2:15 pm

I am lazy, buy elite eggplant every shabbos, as well as the humus.

happymom

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 2:18 pm

2 small ones. so one large might be the same. also I made up the amounts because I always just put however much I want but it sounds right Smile

proudmom

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 2:19 pm

Cut eggplant in half lenghwise then put it in the oven facing down for 20 minutes on 350. Then after its finished I put a clove of garlice (if you like it garlicy add more) with some mayo and it taste delicous.

chocolate moose

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 2:23 pm

Not me, but some people can make amazing chumous!

Tila

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 2:52 pm

mine is like happymom"s, and it is so much better than SABRA brand

supermom

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 3:25 pm

SaraG wrote:

Not me, but some people can make amazing chumous!

I would love a chumos recipe if anyone knows of a good recipe that works. I have tried the one in the spice and spirit cookbook and it was a flop!!

chocolate moose

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 3:36 pm

I hear that it's a lot of work to make.

nicole81

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 4:06 pm

do you think it owuld make a difference to use tehina instead of mayo? I can't stand mayo at all.

chocolate moose

Mon, Feb 06 2006, 4:45 pm

If you like it, I don't see why not.

BrachaVHatzlocha

Tue, Feb 07 2006, 10:21 pm

SaraG wrote:

thanks!
I tried it and while it was easy, I must've done some proportions wrong cuz it just doesn't take as good as the stuff I bought. maybe cuz I used smart beat mayo to keep it fat free??

happymom

Wed, Feb 08 2006, 9:57 am

prob... I dont like the way smart beat tastes at all! Its interesting- I found that the frum brands of low fat mayo taste good while the other brands dont.

chocolate moose

Wed, Feb 13 2008, 4:40 pm

bump for eggplant

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