DISH RESEARCH · Dip
Mutabbal
Also known as: متبل
Smoky eggplant and tahini dip with lemon, garlic, olive oil and pomegranate garnish.
About Mutabbal
Wafa Shami’s Palestinian mutabal is a smoky eggplant dip with tahini, lemon and garlic. Its soft, coarse texture reflects the eggplant, with sesame paste adding richness.
Extra virgin olive oil, parsley and pomegranate seeds finish the dip. The pomegranate gives small, bright bursts against the creamy eggplant and tahini mixture.
Cayenne, fresh hot chilli and yogurt are offered additions. Cucumber and pita are suggested accompaniments, giving crisp and soft contrasts to the spoonable dip.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Sesame.
Optional additions: Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Mutabbal
Wafa Shami’s Palestinian mutabal.
- EggplantBase
- Tahini sesame pasteSpread
- Lemon juiceSeasoning
- GarlicAromatic
- Sea saltSeasoning
- Extra virgin olive oilFinish
- Pomegranate seedsGarnish
- Fresh parsleyGarnish
- Cayenne pepperSeasoning · Optional
- Fresh hot chilliSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- YogurtSeasoning · Optional
- CucumberAccompaniment · Optional
- Prepared pita breadAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Eggplant: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tahini sesame paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Sesame source-confirmed. Actual26/57/118 explicitly sesame paste. SE positive; erroneous explanatory sesameoil wording45 not a selected substitution.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Extra virgin olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual49/119 prescribed garnish, not inferred optional.
- Pomegranate seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual58/119 required selected garnish. Pine nuts instead60 unselected alternative, no nut union.
- Fresh parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual50/119 literal finish.
- Cayenne pepper (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual61 first Cayenne over chilli flakes, explicitly optional.
- Fresh hot chilli (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual62 named optional heat addition, botanical species unresolved.
- Yogurt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual67/124 optional creamy addition; Milk explicit.
- Cucumber (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual79 first named raw vegetable choice; entire offered side optional, other vegetable alternatives unselected.
- Prepared pita bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual80 first Pita over generic flatbread; normal bread Wheat positive, full formula/no own manufacturing link unresolved, offered parentoptional.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
Origins & food traditions
Countries
Cuisines & regions
- Palestinian Cuisine
- Lebanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Palestinian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Jordanian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.