{"id":18,"date":"2007-09-15T11:25:23","date_gmt":"2007-09-15T15:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/09\/15\/baba-ghanoush\/"},"modified":"2007-09-29T20:49:47","modified_gmt":"2007-09-30T00:49:47","slug":"baba-ghanoush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/09\/15\/baba-ghanoush\/","title":{"rendered":"Baba Ghanoush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been getting eggplant in my farm share (ir)regularly and though I&#8217;d take a shot at baba.  I recall enjoying the dish when I was a kid, but on my second trip to Israel, when I worked as a volunteer, we were fed eggplant (usually roasted and mashed in some baba variant) just about EVERY meal EVERY day.  After my return, I found myself unable to touch the stuff for years.  I gradually worked my way back, starting with roasted, fried, and various curries, finally got to the point where I could eat baba, but it took quite a while before I could actually enjoy it.  This represent the final milestone achieved: I actually made my own baba and enjoyed it.  Only took me 15 years.<a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/babaghanoush.jpg\" title=\"Baba Ghanoush\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/babaghanoush.jpg\" title=\"Baba Ghanoush\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/babaghanoush.jpg\" alt=\"Baba Ghanoush\" height=\"361\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Baba Ghanoush<\/strong> (based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.recipezaar.com\/67570\">RecipeZaar<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 large (or two medium) eggplant<\/li>\n<li> 2-3 tbsp tahini<\/li>\n<li>3-4 garlic cloves, minced  (roasting the garlic first works, too)<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup fresh lemon juice (I used lime because I&#8217;d just used up my lemon canning tomato sauce)<\/li>\n<li>A few shakes ground cumin<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt, or to taste<\/li>\n<li>olive oil, black olives, and parsley (from the garden!) for serving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brush the eggplant with a little olive oil and salt, pierce several times with a work, and roast in a 375\u00c2\u00b0 oven for 45 minute, or until the skin blackens and the insides are very soft.  The skin should come off easily.<\/p>\n<p>Mash the eggplant innards in a bowl with the tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and seasoning.  Taste, and add more of each as desired.<\/p>\n<p>Baba can be eaten immediately or  refrigerate a few hours to overnight to allow the flavors to marry and deepen.<\/p>\n<p>Serve with olives and parsley.  Drizzle with olive oil if desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been getting eggplant in my farm share (ir)regularly and though I&#8217;d take a shot at baba. I recall enjoying the dish when I was a kid, but on my second trip to Israel, when I worked as a volunteer, we were fed eggplant (usually roasted and mashed in some baba variant) just about EVERY &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/09\/15\/baba-ghanoush\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Baba Ghanoush&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,7,8,29,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}