Delicious Recipes - Part two

Hey there! In this post I went right there in the middle east so, I brought to you these two very delicious recipes! Hope you like it!

Baba Ghanoush -

Ingredients - 

1 eggplant


1/4 cup lemon juice


1/4 cup tahini


2 tablespoons sesame seeds


2 cloves garlic, minced


salt and pepper to taste

How to:

1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). 

Lightly grease a baking sheet.

Place eggplant on baking sheet, and make holes in the skin with a fork. Roast it for 30 to 40 minutes, turning occasionally, or until soft. Remove from oven, and place into a large bowl of cold water. Remove from water, and peel skin off.

Place eggplant, lemon juice, tahini, sesame seeds, and garlic in an electric blender, and puree. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer eggplant mixture to a medium size mixing bowl, and slowly mix in olive oil. Refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.

Traditional Hummus

3 cloves garlic, peeled

2 (15 ounce) cans garbanzo beans, drained

1 cup olive oil

1 cup tahini

3 lemons, juiced

salt to taste

How to:

Place garlic in a food processor and chop thoroughly. Add garbanzo beans and blend into a paste. Pour in 1 cup olive oil, tahini, lemon juice, and salt. Blend until smooth and creamy.

Place hummus in a bowl and top with 1/4 cup olive oil.