Homemade Eggplant Baba Ganoush Recipe
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This amazing homemade baba ganoush tastes exactly like the one from a Middle Eastern restaurant! Make this epic stuff and eat it all up!
Baba ganoush (also sometimes spelled as “baba ghanoush“, “baba ghanough” or “Baba ghanouj“) is a Middle-Eastern eggplant dip. Whenever I go to Middle Eastern restaurants, I always order baba ganoush for an appetizer.
This traditional recipe has you bake an eggplant in the oven and then blend it in a blender with garlic, tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. If you own an Instant Pot, please check out my Instant Pot baba ganoush recipe – you’ll love it!
I love eggplant baba ganoush, I can eat the whole bowl of it by myself :) Baba ganoush is traditionally eaten with a pita bread – you dip warm fresh pita bread in baba ganoush and eat it, so yummy! Baba ganoush is extremely addictive – you just dip the pita in it again and again and again until all the baba ganoush is gone!
If you are trying to avoid carbs, you can dip vegetables in baba ganoush instead of pita :) On the pictures I used it for dipping baby carrots – healthy and yummy!
In addition to serving baba ganoush as an appetizer dip, you can serve it as a sauce. Baba ganoush will really enhance the taste of plain chicken breast or fish, and it’s also wonderful with felafel and inside pita pocket sandwiches!
This recipe for baba ganoush is authentic and tastes just as good as the baba ganoush in Middle-Eastern restaurants! Making your own eggplant baba ganoush is easy – baba ganoush recipe has few ingredients and uses a food processor to blend everything into a yummy dip.
Enjoy this yummy eggplant baba ganoush! Also, check out how to make pita bread at home – homemade pita bread dipped in homemade baba ganoush is absolutely perfect!
If you like this authentic baba ganoush, you will also love these easy recipes:
Eggplant Caviar – another amazing eggplant dip that’s so healthy and full of flavor!
Tzatziki Sauce – this homemade cucumber-yogurt sauce recipe is authentic tzatziki recipe, you’ll love it!
Homemade Hummus – if you like baba ganoush, I bet you also like hummus :) So easy and good!
Tabouleh Salad – authentic Middle Eastern salad made easily at home! So full of flavor!
Baba Ganoush Eggplant Dip
Ingredients
- 2 large eggplants
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 tbsp tahini found in the "Ethnic foods" or "Middle Eastern" isle of all major grocery stores
- Juice from 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F. Prick the eggplants in several spots with a knife (so they don't explode in the oven). Put the eggplants on a baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, or until very soft.
- Remove the eggplants from the oven. Wait till they are cool enough to handle (I just run cold water over them to speed up the process).
- Cut the eggplants in half lenghwise. Scoop the flesh out with a fork and put in a bowl. Discard the skin.
- Chop the eggplant flesh and put in a fine-mesh colander. Put the colander over a sink, and press on the eggplant with your hands to squeeze the juices out.
- Put eggplant, tahini, lemon juice, oil, garlic and salt in a food processor. Process until smooth.
- Add more salt to taste if necessary.
- Serve baba ganoush with warmed pita bread for dipping.
Lovely Baba Ganoush – the tahini is a nice addition and you’ve even thought of healthy pita chips for dipping!
Authentic and delicious just like from the Middle Eastern restaurant!
Great recipe for a healthy, satisfying appetizer a perfect dip for pita or veggies so creamy and tasty.