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