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Mutabbel

Muttabel .

1. Take one big eggplant.
2. Wash the eggplant.
3. Poke the eggplant with knife into ten places so that it won’t burst.
4. Microwave the eggplant for ten minutes. Turn the eggplant over and microwave it for five more minutes.
5. Let it cool.
6. Peal the skin when the eggplant is cool.
7. Put it in deep container to avoid spilling
8. Cut it into small pieces and mash it with a fork.
9. Beat it using the manual electric beater.
10. Add:
    
    
    
    • - Lemon juice, one level table spoon.
    • - Yoghort, half a container.
    • - Garlic, one level tea spoon.
    • - Tahina, mix it thoroughly and add four level table spoons. The first spoonful will be sticky.
    • - Add fourth tea spoon salt.
    • - Add one table spoon of olive Oil.
    
    
11. Beat the whole thing again thoroughly.
12. Serve cold in a bowl is olive oil and some mint leaves.
    
    Mutabbel is one of favorite vegetarian Lebanese dishes. It was one of the first dishes that I tried when I went to Lebanon. It is also one of the appetizers usually recommended to first time foreign guests to Middle Eastern cuisine.