Lebanese Tarator (Arabic Tahini Sauce)

Name: Lebanese Tarator (Arabic Tahini Sauce)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 8 ( 1¼ cup yield)
Ingredients: 2 cloves garlic; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup Tahini; ¼ cup lemon juice; ⅛ teaspoon cumin seeds; ⅓ cup of water; extra virgin olive oil; flat-leaf parsley

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Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings
8 ( 1¼ cup yield)
Calories
92 kcal
Course
Condiments
Cuisine
Middle Eastern

Lebanese Tarator (Arabic Tahini Sauce)

Joelle Ward

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Everyone needs a great creamy tahini sauce recipe in their life. This one is so easy, so balanced tasting, so quick to whip up, that you will wonder where this recipe has been all your life as you cried out to it through the night on the lonely, tahini-free planet you lived on in this cold, strange universe…

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Ingredients

Servings

2 cloves garlic minced
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup Tahini
¼ cup lemon juice
⅛ teaspoon cumin seeds toasted
⅓ cup of water or more as needed

Optional garnishes

extra virgin olive oil
flat-leaf parsley chopped

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Instructions

Place the minced garlic on a cutting board, sprinkle with a pinch of salt, and use the side of a knife to mash and scrape the garlic and salt together for two minutes until it forms a smooth paste.
In a small bowl, whisk together the tahini and lemon juice until smooth. Add the garlic paste, cumin, and a pinch of salt, and whisk to combine.
Gradually add water to the mixture, whisking with the tines of a fork continuously until the dressing reaches the desired consistency. Keep in mind that the dressing will thicken as it sits, so you may need to add more water later on.
Taste the dressing and adjust the seasoning as needed, adding more salt, lemon juice, or water to achieve the desired flavor and consistency.
Serve the tahini sauce immediately with olive oil and parsley to garnish, or refrigerate for up to a week until ready to use.

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Notes

🌀Blend Bigger Batches:
If you are multiplying the recipe to make a larger batch, just throw everything in a blender and let it do all the work for you. Just run it at medium speed for 90 seconds until completely smooth.
🤷‍♀️ Got no time?
If you don’t have time to fuss with making the garlic paste, you can literally have this dressing all mixed up in about 60 seconds by hand. Either leave the garlic out completely or make sure it is minced finely so there aren’t very large bits of garlic throughout the dressing.

Nutrition Information

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Calories 92kcal (5%) Carbohydrates 4g (1%) Protein 3g (6%) Fat 8g (12%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Polyunsaturated Fat 3g Monounsaturated Fat 3g Sodium 151mg (6%) Potassium 80mg (2%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 0.2g (0%) Vitamin A 11IU (0%) Vitamin C 4mg (4%) Calcium 23mg (2%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8( 1¼ cup yield)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 92 kcal

% Daily Value*

Calories	92kcal	5%
Carbohydrates	4g	1%
Protein	3g	6%
Fat	8g	12%
Saturated Fat	1g	5%
Polyunsaturated Fat	3g	18%
Monounsaturated Fat	3g	15%
Sodium	151mg	6%
Potassium	80mg	2%
Fiber	1g	4%
Sugar	0.2g	0%
Vitamin A	11IU	0%
Vitamin C	4mg	4%
Calcium	23mg	2%
Iron	1mg	6%