Name: Tahini Sauce
Yield: Serves Four to Six
Ingredients: 15–30 ml/1–2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; chopped fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves or parsley; handful of olives and/or pickled vegetables; a few chillies or a hot pepper sauce; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped; juice of 1 lemon; 150–175 g/5–6 oz/⅔–¾ cup tahini; small pinch of ground coriander; 1.5 ml/¼ tsp ground cumin; small pinch of curry powder; cayenne pepper; 50–120 ml/2–4 fl oz/¼–½ cup water; salt

Preparation info

Serves
Four to Six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Complete Guide to Traditional Jewish Cooking

By Marlena Spieler

Published 2016

About

Made of ground sesame seeds and spiced with garlic and lemon juice, this is Israel’s most famous sauce. Drizzle it on to hamburgers, koftas, falafel, a bowl of warm chickpeas, roasted peppers, boiled cauliflower – almost anything. It’s also the quintessential dip, served with soft pitta bread.

Ingredients

150–175 g/5–6 oz/⅔–¾ cup tahini
3

Method

Put the tahini and garlic in a food processor or bowl and mix together well. Stir in the lemon juice, cumin, ground coriander and curry powder.
Slowly add the water to the tahini, beating all the time. The mixture will thicken, then b