Tahini recipe or homemade sesame paste is smooth and creamy.

All you need is 3 ingredients to make tahini.

Once you have the homemade tahini, you can make your favourite tahini dressing and Middle Eastern dishes.

What is tahini

Tahini is also called Tahina in some countries and is a semi-liquid paste made with sesame seeds. The sesame sauce(tahini) makes Middle Eastern and Mediterranean dishes.

The ground sesame seed paste adds a rich, nutty flavour to the best Middle Eastern popular dishes.

Although you can use store-bought tahini, you’ll enjoy the fresher and tastier when you make it home.

Ways to use the tahini recipe

• The best and most popular way of using tahini is to use it with Hummus and Babaganoush.
• Tahini is also used in desserts and to make marinades etc.
• Make a tahini dressing and drizzle over roasted or grilled vegetables.

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Tips to make the Tahini recipe

• While dry roasting the sesame seeds, make sure to maintain a low temperature.

• Constantly stir the sesame seeds to dry and roast them evenly.

• The sesame seeds should be cooked only till they reach the beginning of a pale yellow colour.

• Let the sesame seeds completely cool before blending them into a paste.

• If you are making tahini for the first time, do not rush the process of blending sesame seeds into a paste.

• To reach the correct consistency, the right amount of oil should be added so make sure to pay attention to the quantity of oil you add.
• I would advise only making tahini to last a week or two. As tahini is easy to make, it would be practical to make a small batch of tahini using 1 cup of sesame seeds.
  Always stir before using it.
• Make sure to store it in a dry, air-tight glass container. Always use a dry spoon.

Utensils and appliances needed.

• Medium-sized frying pan
• Food processor to blend the sesame seeds

RECIPE DIFFICULTY-EASY

ingredients to make the tahini recipe

Ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.

1 cup of sesame seeds

4 tablespoons of oil to be used as needed to reach the correct consistency.(light olive oil, avocado oil etc. any type of oil that is light and doesn’t have a strong fragrance to it)

A pinch(1/8 tsp)salt

How to make the tahini

Please make sure to read the recipe instructions at least once to avoid mistakes.

How to blend the sesame seeds to make tahini.

Add the sesame seeds(1 cup)to a medium-sized frying pan.

Maintain heat at low-medium and lightly toast the sesame seeds. use a wooden spoon to move the seeds around.

Gently toast them until they turn a light pale yellow colour. 3-5 minutes.

Once you’ve toasted the sesame seeds, transfer them to a bowl to cool down.

Once the sesame seeds are cool, transfer them into a food processor.

Add a pinch of salt.

And use the pulse setting to grind.

First, grind until they turn crumbly.

Continue to pulse, you will notice the sesame powder turn to a wet crumble.

Add 2 tablespoons of oil and pulse.

Continue to grind for 1 minute until you notice almost all the paste is attached to the sides. scrape it with a knife.

To ease the process of grinding add the rest of the oil and continue to blend the sesame seeds.

Check the consistency of the tahini.

To reach a thinner consistency on the tahini paste, you can add water(just 2-3 tbsp)not more.

Once you make the tahini, transfer to a dry, air-tight container and refrigerate until used.

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