Baba ganoush (baba ghanoush/baba ganouj/baba ghanouj/baba ghanouj) is a dish of mashed potato eggplant and sesame seed paste has an Arabic name that means spoiled father.
Baba Ghanoush is an eggplant dish that originated in Levant cuisine, frequently used for dipping. It is served mostly as an appetizer. This dish was famous in the Islamic golden times; the name came out of Syria and Lebanon later.
The dish contains mainly olive oil and eggplant. Some cultures add in tahini, garlic, and pomegranate concentrate or lemon juice to add depth of flavor. In the Turkish culture, it is called both baba ghanoush and patlican salatasi, which means eggplant salad.
Most of the time it is either boiled or broiled until it is soft and then mashed with additional flavors and olive oil. Many cultures serve the mashed mixture with rice, pitas or another type of bread native to their nation.
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