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I have tried to take advantage of my mother's visit and tried to teach her how to cook, while trying to use her as my assistant. I've been craving tabbouleh and baba ganoush and I can't believe Trader Joe's carries neither. Nor falafel, but at least Costco had that (with celery! fuckers!) So I figure, it can't be that hard. We used this recipe for tabbouleh and Alton Brown's for baba ganoush. The former turned out delicious, even though my mother couldn't be bothered to pay attention and got cilantro instead of parsley (and I couldn't be bothered to look for bulgur and used couscous instead). Baba ganoush, on the other hand, was fubared. I think I'll blame food network: this version of the recipe calls for roasting the eggplant in a 375F oven for about 30 minutes, while this video that I only bothered to look at later recommends 450 (albeit he doesn't say for how long and the subsequent caption in the same segment says 400). Needless to say, the whole thing was barely cooked and didn't have the characteristic smoky taste. I tried frying the flesh once it was eviscerated and it only helped a little. I also used plain yogurt instead of tahini, but I think that's not what did it in. Regardless, Andy and mom are willing to eat it, so it's not going to waste and I'll know better next time. (NB: also learned to buy male eggplant.)

Date: 2010-11-02 06:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] marusja.livejournal.com
А я и не знала, что таббуле можно делать не из кускуса!

И что за зверь male eggplant?

Date: 2010-11-02 06:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elarbee.livejournal.com
I don't know that using couscous is technically allowed. I didn't see much of a difference in taste (but then I also went with the cilantro).

Watch the video, Alton Brown explains it better than I ever could. It's only 4 minutes.

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