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tahini

tahini

3 6.0
A thick paste from ground sesame seeds used in Middle Eastern cooking
  • noun
  • /təˈhiːni/
: tahini
  • Hummus was incredibly smooth and redolent of the tahini used (we could have used a bit more lemon to cut it).
  • tahini paste
  • tahini sauce
  • sesame tahini

Falafel wrap with hummus and tahini on it and like pita bread with the hummus.

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Examples

  • Eat leafy green vegetables like kale or bok choy, calcium-fortified cereals, and chomp down on tahini.

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  • To make the dip, combine tahini, garlic, and lemon juice in a bowl and mix until smooth.

  • Too much tahini and it becomes gritty.

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  • Garbanzo beans, garlic, and tahini are what hummus is made of; all healthy.

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  • OK, so the next dish, lamb rack in a tahini and dried Persian lime marinade.

  • And then I just made like a quick little lemon garlic tahini sauce and that's what I'm going to eat all this good veggie with.

  • Falafel wrap with hummus and tahini on it and like pita bread with the hummus.

  • Hummus is not difficult to make: just blend chickpeas, tahini (sesame seed paste), oil, garlic, and lemon or citric acid.

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  • I had my usual "I Am Fortified" bowl, which is sautéed vegetables, kale with quinoa and avocado, and a sinfully rich tahini sauce.

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  • The chef added tahini to the salad dressing to give it a rich, nutty flavor.

How Thick

tahini
3 6.0
sesame oil
7 1.1

Surface Forms

tahini singular
tahinis plural

Etymology

The word tahini comes from the Arabic word tāhinī, from the root tahin, which means 'to grind'. So it refers to sesame seeds that are ground into a thick paste.