toum

See also: Toum

English

Etymology

From Levantine (and Egyptian) Arabic ْتُوم (tūm, “garlic”).

Noun

toum (usually uncountable, plural toums)

1. (cooking) A garlic condiment common in the Levant, similar to aioli, made with garlic, salt, olive or vegetable oil, lemon juice, and sometimes mint.
   • 2015, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum, →ISBN:

     […] the magical garlic foam served with these lamb chops. Sure, toum is wilful and unpredictable as well but, as with a favourite naughty child, you persist […]

Anagrams

• MOUT, Motu, Muto, motu, mout