
Baba Ganoush (also low FODMAP)
Ohhh this is so good! Baba Ganoush is a recipe from the Middle East and it is often eaten in for example Syria, Libanon and Israel, but also in Turkey and Greece. It’s super simple to make and the soft creamy taste of the eggplant combined with the tahini is delicious. It’s especially good as a dip when you are having drinks with some veggies or bread to dip with or as a starter. I made it into a main course for myself by mixing it with rice and minced meat (maybe not the ideal way to combine it, but I loved it).
Baba Ganoush is vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, lactose-free and if you replace the garlic by garlic-infused olive oil (heat olive oil, bake a few garlic cloves in it for a few minutes and remove the garlic cloves afterwards) also low FODMAP. Perfect for everybody!
What do you need (for two portions)
- 2 eggplants (after baking and removing the peel you have about 200 g eggplant left)
- 20 g tahini
- 1 clove of garlic (don’t use if eating low FODMAP)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil (use garlic-infused olive oil and leave the clove of garlic out when you eat low FODMAP)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp (smoked) paprika powder
- A pinch of salt and pepper
Notes for Fodmappers
One portion of Baba Ganoush is low FODMAP. If you eat more than one portion, you will eat more than the safe amount of tahini. Therefore it is advised to stick to one portion.
How to prepare the Baba Ganoush
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Prick into the eggplant all around with a fork and put it on a baking tray covered with baking parchment.
- Bake the eggplant in the oven for 60 minutes and turn it around half way.
- Slice the eggplant open in the length and scrape out the pulp.
- Put the pulp into a bowl and mash with a fork. Add the garlic, tahini, lemon juice and olive oil and flavour with paprika powder, cumin, pepper and salt.
- And your Baba Ganoush is done! Put a bit of olive oil on top and serve with warm bread or veggies to dip!
Will you let me know if you made my baba ganoush recipe or if you are going to make it? I would really like to hear your reaction in the comments or if you share your creations with me on Instagram (@karlijn2). Don’t forget to use the hashtag #karlijnskitchen!
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Baba Ganoush (also low FODMAP)
- Total Time: 1 hour 10 mins
- Servings: 2 1x
Description
Baba ganoush is a dip from the Middle East that is made with eggplant, garlic, olive oil and tahini. My recipe is also low FODMAP.
Ingredients
- 2 eggplants (after baking and removing the peel you have about 200 g eggplant left)
- 20 g tahini
- 1 clove of garlic (don’t use if you are eating low FODMAP)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil (use garlic-infused olive oil and leave the clove of garlic out when you eat low FODMAP)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp (smoked) paprika powder
- A pinch of salt and pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
- Prick into the eggplant all around with a fork and put it on a baking tray covered with baking parchment.
- Bake the eggplant in the oven for 60 minutes and turn it around half way.
- Slice the eggplant open in the length and scrape out the pulp.
- Put the pulp into a bowl and mash with a fork. Add the garlic, tahini, lemon juice and olive oil and flavour with paprika powder, cumin, pepper and salt.
- And your Baba Ganoush is done! Put a bit of olive oil on top and serve with warm bread or veggies to dip!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 60 mins
6 Comments
This is like my 10th time making this so figured I should finally comment haha! 😀 Love it and so easy, thanks!
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Thank you so much for your comment, I am happy to hear that you like this recipe so much 🙂
I am planning on making this.
Could you please tell me how many TBSP’s or mls 20 g of tahini is?
On Google you can find many converters who can give you this answer quickly 🙂 It is about 1.3 tbsp
I made this and it turned out delicious!! My eggplants took a lot longer to cook, but that’s just because of my oven. Would highly recommend 🙂
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Happy to hear that!