Taratoor (sesame sauce)
1 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | mediums | Garlic cloves; peeled and |
| ;finely chopped | ||
| 1 | cup | Tahina paste; (ground, |
| ;hulled sesame seeds) | ||
| 1 | cup | Cold water |
| ½ | cup | Lemon juice, fresh |
| 1 | teaspoon | Salt |
Directions
In a deep bowl, mash the garlic to a paste with a pestle or the back of a large spoon. Stir in the tahina. then, with a whisk of spoon, beat in ½ cup of the cold water, the lemon juice, and salt.
Still beating, add up to ½ cup more of water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until the sauce has the consistency of thick mayonnaise and holds its shape almost solidly in a spoon. Taste for seasoning.
Taratoor can be served as a sauce with baked fish or fried cauliflower, and is used as an ingredient in hummus and baba ghannooj.
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Source: Time Life Series: Middle Eastern Cooking "circa '69" MMed by: earl.cravens@...
Submitted By EARL CRAVENS On 01-14-95