TAHINI

                                                                               Receta en Español

Tahini is a sauce made from sesame seeds , it is typical from Middle East, it is very common to accompany hummus (chickpeas pâté) ,babaganuch (eggplant pâté) or meat dishes.

It is very easy to make.

Ingredients:

• 65 grams sesame seeds.
• 1 tablespoon Olive oil.

Method:

- Take a pan and toast sesame seeds whithout oil. You should slightly toast them, this way the taste of tahini will be soft. The more you toast the seeds, the stronger tahini will be. Once sesame seeds get hot , they start to jump so you should toast them covered.


- Grind the toasted sesame seeds.

- Mix well the grinded sesame seeds with oil. 

- Boil a little quantity of water and pour it over the grinded sesame seeds, mix well. 

- Pour more water if you see that the mixture is very thick. The consistency should be like tomato sauce.

My comments to the recipe:

It is fast and easy to prepare.
You should keep also in mind that sesame is very healthy, it provides more calcium that milk. 
100 ml milk provide 150 mg calcium , the same quantity of sesame provide 700 mg calcium.

Where to find the ingredients:

Sesame seeds can be bought at every herbalist's shop.



Saudi Arabia

khubz

                                                                               Receta en Español

khubz is a kind of bread typical in Middle East. It is similar to 'pita' bread but bigger and thicker.

To make this bread you don't need yeast, it doesn't get dry soon. Because of this reason it is wide consumed by nomads families who travel along the dessert.

Once you have baken this bread ,there is a hollow in the middle where you can place some other ingredient.

This type of bread is the oldest kind of bread in the world.

Ingredients:

• 125 grams all-purpose wheat flour.
• 125 grams wholegrain wheat flour.
• Warm water.
• Salt.

Method:

1. Place both kinds of flours into a bowl, make a hole in the middle and pour inside a little quantity of warm water.

2. Stir and add more water step by step until all the flour is well mixed and the dough is uniform.
3. Add Salt.
4. The result will be a sticky dough .Now you shoul knead it, to do it you should sprinkle a little flour in your hands.
5. While kneading,the minute you see that the dough is still sticky, you sprinkle flour once again in your hands and keep on kneading until the dough remains not sticky.
6. We should knead the dough for at least 10 minutes, to get a good dough for a bread.

7. Cover the dough with a towel and let it stand for 30 or 40 minutes.
8. Knead the dough a little more.
9. Split the dough into balls the size of your hand palm and flatten them.
10. With the help of your hands try to make that flatten ball bigger, that is turn them into thick pancakes.
11. Put parchement paper on an oven tray and place the breads on it.
12. Preheat oven at 200 ºC for 10 minutes.
13. Now cook the breads in oven for 10 minutes at the same temperature.
14. Once thay are baken you should wrap them in a towel so they keep warm. You should serve them warm.

My comments to the recipe:

It is amazing how this bread can rise even when you don't use yeast. This bread is very good to accompany all kind of dishes you can imagine. 



Arabia Saudita

Argentina

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