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Lebanese Tarator (Arabic Tahini Sauce)
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…
Prep Time
5 mins
Total Time
5 mins
Servings: 8 ( 1¼ cup yield)
Calories: 92 kcal
Course:
Condiments
Cuisine:
Middle Eastern
Ingredients
- 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
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
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
% 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% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.