Taratoor ii (sesame sauce)
1 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | mediums | Garlic cloves, chopped |
| 1 | cup | Tahini paste |
| 1 | cup | Cold water |
| ½ | cup | Lemon juice |
| 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.