Mutabal

Growing up, my mother made this appetizer with oven-roasted eggplants. I prefer fire-roasted eggplant as this gives the final dish a smoky aroma and flavor. However, since fire roasting isn’t a suitable option for most, this recipe will showcase my mother’s tried-and-true oven-roasted method. Mutabal is often confused with baba ghanoush. Traditionally speaking, they are different. Mutabal recipes typically include tahini, whereas baba ghanoush recipes shouldn’t. But over the years and for v