🇱🇧 Lebanon
Mutabbal
Charred over open flame until the kitchen smells of smoke, then whipped silky with tahini and yogurt.
🔪 Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 25 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
A spoon of yogurt lightens the tahini; finished with pomegranate seeds.
Ingredients
- 3 large eggplants
- 4 tbsptahini
- 2 tbspyogurt
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 clovegarlic
- to tastepomegranate seeds and olive oil, to finish
Method
- 1
Char the eggplants directly over flame or under a hot grill until collapsed.
- 2
Rest, peel, and drain the flesh well.
- 3
Mash with tahini, yogurt, lemon, garlic, and salt — keep some texture.
- 4
Plate, drizzle with olive oil, and scatter pomegranate seeds.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4