Toum is a Lebanese garlic sauce. Although it is called a sauce, the consistency is more like thick mayonnaise and it is not to be confused with garlic paste as it is a garlic and oil emulsification.
Garlic contains manganese, vitamin B6, vitamin C, selenium, fibre and decent amounts of calcium, copper, potassium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B1.
Garlic also contains trace amounts of various other nutrients. In fact, it contains a little bit of almost everything you need. The active compounds in garlic can reduce blood pressure, improves cholesterol levels and can aid in detoxifying heavy metals in the body.
