Syrian style Baba Ghanoush

Baba Ghanoush or Baba-Ganouj (Arabic بابا غنوج), melitzanosalata (Greek μελιτζανοσαλάτα), baklazhannaya ikra (Russian баклажанная икра, literally "eggplant caviar") or simply "eggplant salad" or "aubergine salad" is a family of popular Middle Eastern dishes made primarily of eggplant (aubergine). It is made of aubergine, mashed, and mixed with various seasonings. Frequently the eggplant is baked or broiled over an open flame before peeling, so that the pulp is soft and has a smoky taste ^[1]. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 451 pixelsFull resolution (1572 × 886 pixel, file size: 343 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) my picture, I took give permission for any use I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 451 pixelsFull resolution (1572 × 886 pixel, file size: 343 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) my picture, I took give permission for any use I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Eggplant salad or aubergine salad is a dish made primarily of eggplants, and varies throughout different regions and countries of the world. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Binomial name L. The eggplant, aubergine or brinjal (Solanum melongena) is a solanaceous plant bearing a fruit of the same name, commonly used as a vegetable in cooking. ...

Around the World

In the Levant, baba ganouj is a sort of starter made of aubergine with finely diced onions, tomatoes and other vegetables blended in. It is normally served with a dressing of oil and pomegranate concentrate. The Levant The Levant (IPA: /ləvænt/) is an imprecise geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east. ...

In Armenia the dish is known as mutabal. The essential ingredients in Armenian mutabal are considered to be eggplant, tahini, garlic, lemon, and onion, and most Armenians also add cumin as a spice.

In Greece, melitzanosalata is made with olive oil and lemon juice.^[2][3] Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive (Olea europaea), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. ... Binomial name (L.) Burm. ...

In Romania, salată de vinete is made with oven roasted aubergine peeled, drained for some hours, and then mashed (not blended) together with oil, usually sunflower, chopped raw onion, salt and pepper. Instead of oil, mayonnaise can be used. Salată de vinete spread on slices of bread Salată de vinete (eggplant salad, Hungarian: ) is a Romanian salad made from grilled chopped eggplants, sunflower oil and chopped onions. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see Mayonaise (song). ...

In Turkey, the dish is known as patlıcan salatası (eggplant salad) and is prepared in the same manner as the Greek version. There is a less well-known version, called patlıcan beğendi, which includes cheese, milk and a flour thickener in addition to the charred eggplant.^[4] Turkish cuisine inherited its Ottoman heritage which could be described as a fusion and refinement of Turkic, Arabic, Greek, Armenian and Persian cuisines. ...

In Russia, the dish is known as "eggplant caviar," and some versions add chopped tomatoes to the basic recipe.^[5] Binomial name Solanumlycopersicum Linnaeus ref. ...

In Egypt, baba ganouj is a paste made of grilled and mashed aubergine and tahini, a paste made from sesame seeds. This dish is known as mutabbal in the Levant. Traditionally, the eggplant is first roasted in an oven for approximately 30 minutes. The softened flesh is scooped out, squeezed to remove excess water, and is then pureed with the tahini. There are many variants of the recipe, especially the seasoning. Possible seasonings include garlic, lemon juice, ground cumin, salt, mint, and parsley. When served on a plate or bowl, it is traditional to drizzle the top with olive oil.^[6] Tahini, jar 453g. ... Binomial name Sesamum indicum L. Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum. ... Binomial name L. Allium sativum L., commonly known as garlic, is a species in the onion family Alliaceae. ... Binomial name Citrus X limon {{{author}}} Lemons are the citrus fruit from the tree Citrus X limon. ... Binomial name L. Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) (sometimes misspelled cummin) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to East India. ... For other uses, see Salt (disambiguation). ... MiNT (MiNT is Now TOS) is an alternative operating system (OS) kernel for the Atari ST computer and its successors which is free software. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Olive oil is a fruit oil obtained from the olive (Olea europaea), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. ...

Baba ganouj is usually eaten as a dip with pita bread, and is sometimes added to other dishes. It is usually of an earthy light brown color. For other uses, see Pita (disambiguation). ...

In Ethiopia, the dish is more commonly known as blagadoush.

In India and Bangladesh a similar dish is prepared commonly known as "baingan bharta" in which fresh coriander leaves are used instead of parsley along with onion and oil.^[7]

In Tamil Nadu The Tamilians prepare a similar dish called "Kathrikai Thayir Kothsu": eggplant is cooked and mashed and sauted with mustard, red chiles, sesame oil and curd is added to the mixture and dressed with coriander leaves. Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...

In Israel, the tahini is usually replaced by mayonnaise^[8]. Tahini, jar 453g. ... For the song by The Smashing Pumpkins, see Mayonaise (song). ...

In Australia a local version is called bush ganoush when the roasted eggplant puree is mixed with Mountain pepper BBQ sauce.

Popular culture

• Nearly every episode of the SpikeTV show MXC features a Middle Eastern contestant from the "Babaganoosh family". Series writer/producer Christopher Darga, the man behind Kenny Blankenship's voice, is Lebanese on his mother's side, and he keeps a box of Baba ghanoush on one of the TV monitors in his office.
  • In reference to the show, on fellow SpikeTV show WWE Sunday Night Heat, commentator Al Snow referred to various jobbers as Babaganoosh family members. For example, "Showtime" Eric Young was called Showtime Babaganoosh.

• In a skit on Saturday Night Live, Dana Carvey was mimicking Dennis Miller in a dueling Dennis Miller skit and called Dennis 'baba ghanoush.'

• In the 2005 movie Wedding Crashers, Owen Wilson's character uses Baba Ganoush as a nickname for his friend, played by Vince Vaughn.

At Leeds Festival 2007 Baba Ganoush (an inflatable Kangaroo) was presented as an unofficial mascot for some campers. A Facebook group dedicated to Baba was set up shortly after called the Baba Ganoush appriciation society. To date anyone may join this. Spike TV logo Spike TV is a cable television network. ... MXC is an American comedy television program that airs on Spike TV. It is a redubbing of the Japanese game show Takeshis Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1989. ... WWE Sunday Night HEAT also known as Sunday Night HEAT or HEAT is the Sunday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A job is professional wrestling slang referring to a performer who loses a match. ... Jeremy Fritz (born December 15, 1979) is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Showtime Eric Young. ... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late night 90 minute American comedy-variety show based in New York City that has been broadcast live by NBC on Saturday nights since October 11, 1975. ... Dana Thomas Carvey (born April 2, 1955, in Missoula, Montana) is an American actor and comedian best known for his work on Saturday Night Live and the spin-off movie Waynes World. ... Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American Emmy Award-winning comedian, political commentator, television personality, and talk radio host. ... Wedding Crashers is a 2005 comedy film, directed by David Dobkin. ... Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer. ... Vincent Anthony Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American film actor. ...

• In the 1994 movie In the Army Now, Pauly Shore's character, after getting lost in the desert of a middle eastern country while on military maneuvers, says that he is not going to end up being captured and "tortured by Baba Ganoush".

• In a Mastercard credit card commercial, called, "restaurant," a waiter is shown serving blagadoush (the Ethiopian word for baba ganoush), and writing appears on the screen that reads: 'blagadoush: 8 dollars.'"

• In an episode of Suddenly Susan, Todd asks Luis to repeat his lunch order of 'baba ganoush' several times, because he finds the way that Luis pronounces the word with his Spanish accent humorous.

• In the MMORPG World of Warcraft one of the NPCs, the caretaker of the giant worm whose seeping liquids fill the pools in Undercity located in the Apothecarium, is named Ganoosh.

• Former Russian premier Nikita Krushchev has been infamously quoted as telling British stage and screen actor Michael Caine during a chance encounter in Monaco in 1967 that "you're worse than Stalin... have some Baba ghanoush."

• In the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "Journey to the Centre of Nowhere", one of the belligerent eggplants' leaders is named "Baba Ghanoush".

• In the 1973 Soviet film comedy Иван Васильевич меняет профессию (Ivan Vasil'jevich menjaet professiju, "Ivan Vasilevich Changes Jobs") which partly takes place in the reign of Ivan the Terrible, a lavish royal banquet features several tub-sized bowls of genuine sturgeon caviar and a tiny golden dish of "eggplant caviar," as babaganoush is known in Russia. The joke is that in 16th-century Moscow, eggplants would've been hard-to-obtain luxuries compared with Black Sea sturgeon caviar.

• Babaganoush is a term of affection used within the Laska ex-patriate clan (originating from Warsaw).

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2. ^ Milona, M. - Culinaria Greece - Könemann (2004) ISBN 3-8331-1053-8
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5. ^ Russian Cooking (Foods of the World) - Time-Life Books (1969)
6. ^ The Cooking of the Middle-East (Foods of the World) - Time-Life Books (1969)
7. ^ Jaffrey, M. - World of the East Vegetarian Cooking - Knopf (1983) ISBN 0-394-40271-5
8. ^ Call it Baba Gnoosh or Salad Chetzelem by Bossie Krapfman, The Jewish Magazine June 2003; http://jewishmag.com/104mag/babagnoosh/babagnoosh.htm

• David, Elizabeth - A Book of Mediterranean Food - Alfred A. Knopf (1950) ISBN 0-394-49153-X