tahini
Noun
Meaning
tahini (countable and uncountable, plural tahinis)
(cooking) A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.
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Phrases with the word
Examples
As you stir the tahini paste, slowly add cold water.
Add the tahini paste and mashed garlic and run the food processor until they have been incorporated.
Eggplants can also be battered before deep-frying and served with a sauce made of tahini and tamarind.
If you love the recipe as much as I do, you can make more tahini sauce and salsa in advance for a quick breakfast on another day.
Baked fish with tahini is also common in Tiberias while the coastal Galileans prefer to replace the tahini with yogurt and add sumac on top.
In this version, the nutty twist comes from tahini, rather than sesame oil.