baba ghanoush

British  

/ baba ɡaˈnuːʃ /

noun

1. a thick purée of aubergines, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic, originating in North Africa and the Mediterranean

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Etymology

Origin of baba ghanoush

from Arabic

Example Sentences

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baba ghanoush

That said, it's important to use particular eggplants for particular uses; you'll need a different eggplant for baba ghanoush than you would for eggplant rollatini, for example.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023

For lunch: Lettuces with radish and shallot vinaigrette and beets with cucumber, baba ghanoush and nasturtium, the flavors of the earth omnipresent through each bite of something pulled from the ground.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2022

I could have made a meal of mezze like fattoush salad and smoky baba ghanoush with pita, but shared a perfectly grilled whole fish.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2019

Start with the baba ghanoush, a generous mound of lemony eggplant puree, which is so smoky you’ll swear Khalfallah has a wood-burning pit out back.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2016

She wished her mother wouldn’t ever put baba ghanoush in her lunch box.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett