toum
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Toum.jpg.webp)
Etymology
From Levantine (and Egyptian) Arabic ْتُوم (tūm, “garlic”).
Noun
toum
- (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 ...
- 2015, Matt Preston, The Simple Secrets to Cooking Everything Better, Plum (→ISBN):
Anagrams
- MOUT, Motu, Muto, motu