Baba Ganoush Vegan Recipe Delights | Better Than You’ll Buy
Homemade baba ganoush vegan recipe.
AKA aubergine baba ganoush recipe.
Plus, see how a CHUNKY baba ganoush recipe is best.
Here’s the best baba ganoush vegan recipe I’ve tested, and tweaked. Plus, see how a chunky baba ganoush recipe is best. (BTW, in the UK, it’s called an aubergine baba ganoush recipe). See also how a homemade baba ganoush recipe is healthiest. It’s traditional, but certainly does not include any dairy like yoghurt.
Plus, here are my learnings about it along the way, such as the importance (for taste), of having it be slightly lumpy, and mixing by hand. See more on this below.
You’ll at least have had vegan or vegetarian baba ganoush at a Lebanese restaurant.
Pardon my ego, but I enjoyed this version of it better than almost any other I’ve found, at restaurants or supermarkets.
It may not be as smoky as some you’ll buy, but I think it’s also healthier.
Apart from being tastier, it’s not too strong in it’s flavour. So, it’s very moreish.
Plus, it will keep in the fridge at least 3 days, so you can keep it for snacks, or to have with many of the other dishes included on this Flametree recipe page.
If you have this baba ganoush, plus this hummus recipe, in your fridge, you’ve got the makings of a quick, delicious meal, anytime.
Ideally, combine it with flat bread made from nutritious chickpea flour. (That’s another yummy recipe coming from us soon. I, (Christine), also prefer it to any flat bread I’ve been able to buy).
Especially if you combine it all with my baked falafel recipe, you’ve certainly got a nutritious, vegan, yummy meal. (Baked falafel keeps clear of deep frying).
This baba ganoush recipe vegan style option is also great with flat bread to dip or roll up with other things, especially flat bread made with chick pea flour. (Chick pea flour has a high protein level, causes no digestion issues, and is yummy too). Notice how it’s also a chunky baba ganoush recipe… which I’ve found to be the best.
Eggplant benefits you get from a homemade baba ganoush recipe
By the way, eggplants have a wide range of health benefits of their own (even though they’re low in protein).
In summary, eggplant (aubergine) has many benefits for heart, circulation, weight, anemia, blood sugar, memory, brain, & gut health. A lot of benefits are due to it being high in fiber.
I’ve become a lot more interested in it since I’ve learned the wide range of eggplant benefits, and how much better it tastes if you use a homemade baba ganoush vegan recipe such as this one.
Plus, of course, with a homemade baba ganoush recipe, you’re also avoiding all the additives that are sneaked into the supermarket or restaurant versions, or both.
I find it’s the additives that often cause upsets, bloating, and more.
Ingredients: homemade baba ganoush vegan recipe
Here are the main ingredients.
- 2 medium eggplants (aubergines)
- 2 medium garlic cloves, minced
- A quarter cup of tahini
- Juice of one lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
- One tsp of za’atar
- Olive oil… 1-2 tablespoons
- A quarter tsp of cayenne pepper.
After some testing, here’s my simple baba ganoush vegan recipe ingredients
Excluding the eggplant in the next picture. That’s garlic at the bottom of the picture. Make sure the tahini is not too dried out.
How to make the baba ganoush vegan recipe
Make this dish with these steps.
- With eggplants, wrap in foil and bake in 200 Celsius oven until soft (15-20 minutes)
- Remove foil
- Cut eggplant lengthwise and let it cool
- Scoop the flesh of eggplant into a strainer over a bowl
- Allow water to drain
- Mix together egg plant, minced garlic, spices, lemon juice, olive oil.
- Blend above mix by hand. Don’t use your blender. Hand mixing will keep it a chunky baba ganoush recipe.
- Chill in fridge for up to an hour
- If you want a hotter baba ganoush, add some chili flakes.
- Some also add yoghurt, but only use dairy (Greek) yoghurt. (Coconut yoghurt does not work well for this).
Baking the eggplant (aubergine)
Wrap the eggplant in foil and bake until soft. As I mentioned, in the UK, this is known as an aubergine baba ganoush recipe. The many eggplant benefits they contain, are remarkable. But, stick with homemade baba ganoush recipes if you want the benefits, without the yukky additives!
Do you have a dish you’d like to share?
Please let me know if you like my version of the best authentic hummus recipe I’ve found.
Plus, please contact me with any other dishes you’d like to share with me, or with others in our Flametree Yoga Studio community.
By the way, this baba ganoush is great to have with baked falafel.
(Soon, I’ll add some more Middle East recipes, so you can mix and match a whole Middle Eastern recipe mix.)
Soon after scraping from the eggplant.
When you first scrape out the eggplant, this is how it will look. Once you mix, as in the steps above, it will look like the final homemade eggplant recipe result, above.
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Among the many other proven benefits of retreats, they’re also great events to experience the health and delights of vegan eating.
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Check out my own cutting sugar story.
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