toum
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See also: Toum
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Levantine (and Egyptian) Arabic ْتُوم (tūm, “garlic”).
Noun[edit]
toum (usually uncountable, plural toums)
- (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 […]