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Garlicky Moutabal

Moutabal is sometimes called Baba Ganoush. Although both dishes use roasted eggplant as a base, Baba Ganoush can also have other added vegetables, such as tomatoes and onions. Moutabal, on the other hand, is just eggplant. Clear plastic containers of hummus and Moutabal were everywhere in Saudi Arabia, even in our high school cafeteria.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 8 ingredients
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Garlicky Moutabal

Why it works: Eggplant and pomegranate share more aroma than cooks usually use. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 9 recipes. Both carry alpha-pinene, which smells pine, turpentine. The science ↓

Garlicky Moutabal

Serves 6
Prep20 min
Cook30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

409Calories
12 gProtein
28 gFat
34 gCarbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Tahini1 tbsp (15g)89
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Pomegranate1/2 cup seeds (87g)72
Eggplant1 cup cubed (82g)35
Lemonjuice of 1 lemon (48ml)12
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Seednot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Eggplant + pomegranatetop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together9 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  2. Eggplant + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together801 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  3. Garlic + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together25,665 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

  4. Eggplant + olivetop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together943 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

  5. Lemon + pomegranatetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together225 recipes

    Shared aroma: alpha-pinene (pine, turpentine).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the tahini

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (eggplant, clove, garlic, lemon, olive, pomegranate):

  1. Chickpeafits better
  2. Lentilsfits better
  3. Pistachiofits better
  4. Tahinithe original

Fit is the average pairing score against eggplant, clove, garlic, lemon, olive, pomegranate. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.