Having a good fathers day with family and food.

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  Father's Day was yesterday here in North America. Usually I ask my wife for some food, and she prepares it for me. This time I decided to do something different. It has been a while since I don't prepare Humus and Babaganoush from scratch. Since it is something that I was always responsible for making. I decided to take the hands and do it. The result, of course, was delightful for my taste buds. A simple spread that, for me it has a flavour for me.


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In order, from left to right: The babaganoush, the yogurt sauce, the lamb on top, the hummus, and the salada

  Also I added a lamb leg to the menu for the BBQ. The taste of charcoal is always special. And we don't usually do lamb in the BBQ. So I started to prepare it Saturday evening when I started to soak the dried chickpeas and leave them overnight. On Sunday morning, I had to do some steps since these spreads are preferable to be eaten after being cooled. So I used the Instant Pot to cook the chickpeas so they could be soft to make a puree, and also lit some charcoal to roast the entire eggplant. I basically lit the charcoal and left the two eggplants there until they got a bit burned. Also, I marinated the lamb leg with olive oil, some kosher salt, thyme, and other herbs and brought it back to the fridge.

  So after the chickpeas were ready, I just tried to remove the peel of all the chickpeas. That is a task that demands patience, and I regret saying that in the end Just removed those that were easy to remove and added them to the food processor. I added some tahine (sesame paste), salt, cumin, 1 clove of garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil, in addition to some water to control the texture of the hummus. I was tasting it to control and check if there was a need for more ingredients. For the Babaganoush, I got the eggplant after it was all like a prune, removed the extra liquid that appeared, and peeled it off. After that just chopped the eggplants and mixed them also with 1 clove of garlic, tahine, salt, a bit of cumin, lemon juice and I also tried 1 spoon of natural Greek yogurt (that was new for me and a recommendation in some videos on YouTube). The spreads were ready for tonight.

  Around 5 pm I lit the charcoal and brought the lamb leg; it took almost 2 hours, but it got tender. It rained, but the fire was protected with the BBQ lid closed, so I could control everything just once in a while. I also prepared a salad with tomatoes, onions, and cucumber with feta cheese and olives and a sauce with yogurt + Za'atar, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt. Also brought the spreads to a plate and added paprika and olive oil on top of the hummus. The food was good.


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I had to remove the meat from the bone so it would be easier to serve the lamb.


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The hummus decoration got nice don't you think ?


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  Ontem foi o Dia dos Pais aqui na América do Norte. Normalmente, peço à minha esposa que prepare algo para mim. Desta vez, decidi fazer algo diferente. Já fazia um tempo que eu não preparava homus e babaganoush do zero, algo que sempre fazia por minha conta. Resolvi então arregaçar as mangas e fazer. O resultado, claro, foi delicioso para o meu paladar. Uma pasta simples, mas com um sabor especial para mim.


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Da esquerda para a direita: o babaganoush, o molho de iogurte, o cordeiro por cima, o homus e a salada

  Também adicionei uma perna de cordeiro ao cardápio para o churrasco. O sabor do carvão é sempre especial. E geralmente não fazemos cordeiro no churrasco. Então, comecei a prepará-la no sábado à noite, quando deixei o grão-de-bico seco de molho durante a noite. Na manhã de domingo, precisei fazer alguns preparativos, já que essas pastas ficam melhores quando consumidas frias. Então, usei a panela de pressão elétrica para cozinhar o grão-de-bico até ficar macio o suficiente para fazer um purê e também acendi o carvão para assar as duas berinjelas. Basicamente, acendi o carvão e deixei as duas berinjelas lá até ficarem levemente tostadas. Além disso, marinei a perna de cordeiro com azeite, sal kosher, tomilho e outras ervas e a levei de volta à geladeira.

  Depois que o grão-de-bico estava pronto, tentei descascar todos os grãos. Essa é uma tarefa que exige paciência, e infelizmente acabei descascando apenas os que eram fáceis e os coloquei no processador de alimentos. Adicionei tahine (pasta de gergelim), sal, cominho, 1 dente de alho, suco de limão e azeite, além de um pouco de água para controlar a textura do homus. Fui provando para verificar se precisava de mais ingredientes. Para o babaganoush, peguei a berinjela depois de ela estar toda amassada, como uma ameixa seca, retirei o excesso de líquido e descasquei. Depois disso, piquei as berinjelas e misturei com 1 dente de alho, tahine, sal, um pouco de cominho, suco de limão e também experimentei com 1 colher de iogurte grego natural (isso foi novidade para mim e uma recomendação de alguns vídeos no YouTube). As pastas estavam prontas para o jantar.

  Por volta das 17h, acendi o carvão e coloquei a perna de cordeiro; levou quase 2 horas, mas ficou macia. Choveu, mas o fogo estava protegido com a tampa da churrasqueira fechada, então eu podia verificar tudo de vez em quando. Também preparei uma salada com tomates, cebolas e pepino com queijo feta e azeitonas, e um molho com iogurte, za'atar, suco de limão, azeite e sal. Coloquei as pastas em um prato e adicionei páprica e azeite por cima do homus. A comida estava boa.


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Tive que retirar a carne do osso para que fosse mais fácil servir o cordeiro.

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Happy belated Father's Day @gwajnberg

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Thank you :)
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Here father's day is in April, but no one really cares, besides kids at kindergarten doing some works... Anyways the meat looks good!

Sounds and looks like a great father's day meal. I requested homemade pizza. It was amazing too.

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