Category: tahini recipes

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Tahini Buttermilk and Roasted Strawberry Shake

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In this tahini buttermilk and roasted strawberry shake, using bruised berries last little bit of buttermilk in the container, and a scoop of tahini will make you feel both resourceful and well fed.

Have This!

  • One pound strawberries, hulled, halved
  • Three tablespoons raw sugar
  • Kosher salt
  • One frozen banana
  • Half cup buttermilk
  • Three tablespoons tahini
  • Crushed toasted sesame seeds

Do This!

  • Preheat oven to 400°.
  • Toss strawberries with sugar and a pinch of salt on a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet.
  • Let sit, tossing occasionally, until sugar dissolves, about five minutes.
  • Roast, tossing halfway through, until strawberries are soft and release their juices.
  • Transfer three-quarters of strawberries to a blender.
  • Add banana, tahini, and one cup ice.
  • Using a metal spoon, smash remaining strawberries to a jammy consistency.
  • Divide smoothies and strawberries among glasses and top with sesame seeds.
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Oats -Tahini with Banana and Maple Syrup

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This oats-tahini with banana and maple syrup makes roughly half cup tahini sauce, which keeps for about four days in the fridge. Keep a couple of ripe bananas handy and eat this all week.

Have This!

  • Half cup tahini
  • Two tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • Two tablespoons nut milk
  • Half teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Pinch of kosher salt
  • Overnight Oats
  • One cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
  • Two medium bananas, thinly sliced
  • Two teaspoons toasted sesame seeds

Do This!

  • Stir tahini, maple syrup, nut milk, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl or small measuring cup until smooth.
  • Divide oats and yogurt among bowls, spooning yogurt into centers.
  • Divide banana among bowls and drizzle tahini mixture over.
  • Top with sesame seeds. Drizzle with more maple syrup.

 

 

 

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Miso-Jalapeño Tahini With Corn & Chickpea Bowl

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This miso-jalapeño tahini with corn & chickpea bowl recipe works after corn has gone out of season. In winter, just sub shaved cauliflower or torn kale.

Have This

  • Three tablespoons olive oil, divided, plus more for drizzling
  • Two garlic cloves, lightly crushed
  • 14-ounce can chickpeas rinsed, drained
  • Three ears of corn, shucked, kernels removed
  • One tablespoon za’atar
  • Kosher salt
  • Four cups Little Gem or other small lettuce leaves, torn if large
  • Four small tomatoes, cut into wedges
  • Two avocados, cut into wedges
  • Crumbled feta, lime wedges, and cilantro

Do This!

  • Heat two Tbsp. oil in a large skillet over medium.
  • Add garlic and cook, turning occasionally, until golden brown, about four minutes.
  • Mash garlic with a spoon and stir into oil.
  • Add chickpeas and increase heat to medium-high.
  • Cook, undisturbed, until golden brown and beginning to crisp underneath, about three minutes.
  • Toss and continue to cook, tossing occasionally, until golden brown all over, two minutes or more.
  • Add corn along with one Tbsp. oil and cook, tossing, until corn kernels are golden around the edges and tender.
  • Sprinkle za’atar over and toss to coat.
  • Season with salt.
  • Lightly drizzle lettuce, tomatoes, and avocado with oil in a large bowl and toss to combine.
  • Divide tahini among bowls and top with vegetables and chickpea mixture. Sprinkle with feta.
  • Serve with lime wedges and cilantro alongside.

 

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Creamy Tahini Paste with Cumin: Healthy Recipe

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With this creamy tahini paste with cumin recipe, do not be afraid to let the food processor run the full 2 minutes. It’s one of the keys to super smooth and graceful taste.

Have This!

  • Three-fourth cup dried chickpeas
  • Half teaspoon baking soda
  • Three garlic cloves ( Two smashed and one finely grated)
  • One dried red chile
  • One bay leaf
  • Half fresh lemon juice
  • Kosher salt
  • Two cup tahini
  • Half cup olive oil
  • One teaspoon ground cumin

Do This!

  • Combine chickpeas and baking soda in a medium bowl and pour in cold water to cover.
  • Cover and let sit 8–12 hours.
  • Drain chickpeas, rinse and place in a large saucepan along with smashed garlic, chile, and bay leaf.
  • Pour in cold water to cover and bring to a boil over medium-high heat
  • Drain, reserving about one cup cooking liquid.
  • Pluck out and discard garlic, chile, and bay leaf.
  • Combine grated garlic, lemon juice, and a pinch of salt in a food processor and let sit until the bite in garlic mellows, about five minutes.
  • Add tahini and half cup ice water and process until smooth.
  • With the motor running, slowly stream in oil.
  • Season with another large pinch of salt.
  • Add chickpeas and cumin and process until hummus is very smooth, light, and creamy, about two minutes.
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Tahini-Turmeric Dressing: Healthy Recipe

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This tahini-turmeric dressing is a spicy, creamy vibrant dressing that’s equally delicious on grain bowls and hearty salads, like kale. Moreover, tahini-turmeric dressing fills with excellent vitamins and minerals.

Have This For!

  • Half cup tahini
  • Three tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • Two tablespoons olive oil
  • Half teaspoon ground turmeric
  • One-fourth teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Do This!

  • Whisk together tahini, lemon juice, olive oil, turmeric, cayenne, and cup water until smooth.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Serve this special dressing with main dishes.

What Is Tahini

Tahini is a paste that comes from ground sesame seeds which are commonly used for cooking in Middle Eastern, Greek, and East Asian region.

This paste is extremely multipurpose which use in cooking sweet-savory dishes. The best part of Tahini is that it packs with numerous essential vitamins and minerals that your body needs for the day.

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Tahini-Blackberry Yogurt Cake: Healthy Dessert

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This simple tahini-blackberry yogurt cake recipe is a real keeper that makes your day. It fills with excellent nutrients for your health.

Have This!

  • Half cup tahini
  • Half teaspoon ground cardamom or cinnamon
  • Four tablespoons plus 1 cup sugar
  • Three cups all-purpose flour
  • Two teaspoons baking powder
  • Half teaspoon kosher salt, plus more
  • Two large eggs
  • One cup plain whole-milk yogurt
  • Half cup vegetable oil
  • Two teaspoons finely grated lemon, lime, or orange zest
  • Two cups fresh blackberries

Do This!

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Mix cardamom and two2 Tbsp. sugar in a small bowl.
  • Whisk flour, baking powder, one cup sugar, and salt in a large bowl.
  • Add eggs, yogurt, oil, and citrus zest and whisk to combine.
  • Switch to a wooden spoon or rubber spatula and gradually work in dry ingredients, mixing until smooth.
  • Fold in berries and scrape batter into prepared pan.
  • Mix tahini, a pinch of salt, and remaining two Tbsp. sugar in another small bowl.
  • Drizzle evenly over batter; sprinkle reserved cardamom sugar over top.
  • Bake cake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 60 minutes.
  • Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool in pan.
  • Invert onto a plate, then turn right side up.
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Italian Chicory With Tahini and Sesame Seeds

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This Italian chicory with tahini and sesame seeds recipe goes especially well with bitter greens. However, also try to pair it with sweeter lettuces such as Little Gem or romaine.

Have This!

  • Three tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
  • Flaky sea salt
  • Half cup small red onion, very thinly sliced
  • One-fourth cup fresh lemon juice
  • Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
  • One-third cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt
  • One tablespoon tahini
  • Two to four small heads of radicchio leaves separated, large leaves torn
  • Olive oil

Do this!

  • Lightly crush sesame seeds in a mortar and pestle and transfer to a small bowl.
  • Add a few generous pinches of sea salt and toss to combine.
  • Toss onion and lemon juice in a large bowl; season with kosher salt and pepper.
  • Let it sit five minutes to lightly pickle.
  • Mix yogurt, tahini, and two Tbsp. water in another small bowl until smooth; season tahini dressing with kosher salt and pepper.
  • Add radicchio to bowl with onion and drizzle with oil.
  • Toss to coat; season with kosher salt and pepper.
  • Transfer salad to a platter and drizzle with tahini dressing.
  • Sprinkle reserved salted sesame seeds over salad.
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Turkish Lamb Chops With Tahini Sumac, And Dill

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This Turkish lamb chops with tahini sumac, and dill’s meat is coated in toasted whole spice, fennel, coriander, and cumin seeds that have been very lightly crushed. The seeds retain their texture, giving the meat both a heady scent and a good crunch.

Have This!

  • One cup of Tahini Sauce
  • One tablespoon Turkish red pepper
  • Two teaspoons fennel seeds
  • Two teaspoons coriander seeds
  • Three teaspoons cumin seeds
  • Two teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
  • Half teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • Three pounds bone-in loin lamb chops, the thicker the better
  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for grilling

Do This!

  • Combine the Turkish red pepper, fennel seeds, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds in a small bowl.
  • Heat a small skillet over medium-low heat, add the spice mixture, and toast until fragrant.
  • Pour the mixture into a mortar or spice grinder, add the salt and black pepper, and either pound or briefly grind until you get a coarse-textured spice mix.
  • Pat the spice mixture all over the lamb chops, and let them marinate at room temperature for at least 30 minutes or uncovered in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
  • Drizzle the chops lightly with olive oil.
  • Grill the chops until they are charred on the outside and cooked to taste within.
  • To serve, drizzle the tahini sauce over the chops, and garnish them with the dill sprigs. Add a dusting of the red sumac if you like.

 

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Roast Chicken With Tahini Sauce And Asparagus

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Season the chicken inside and out with salt and pepper and Tahini. With this recipe, there is nothing quite like a juicy dish, perfuming the whole house, to get the salivating started.

Have This!

  • Two lb asparagus
  • Three tablespoons olive oil
  • One-fourth teaspoons salt
  • Half teaspoon black pepper
  • Four skinless boneless chicken breast halves (3 to 4 lb total)
  • One-third cup tahini
  • One-third cup water
  • Tw0 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • One teaspoon sugar
  • One garlic clove

Do This!

  • Put oven racks in middle and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 450°F.
  • Toss asparagus with oil, salt, and pepper in baking pan.
  • Roast on the bottom rack, shaking pan once or twice, until just tender.
  • Pat chicken dry and sprinkle all over with half teaspoon salt and remaining teaspoon pepper.
  • Heat remaining two tablespoons oil in an ovenproof skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chicken, turning over once, until golden, about six minutes total.
  • Transfer skillet to middle of oven and roast until just cooked through, about five minutes.
  • Crush tahini, water, lemon juice, sugar, garlic, and remaining half teaspoon salt in a blender until smooth, about one minute.
  • Serve chicken and asparagus drizzled with some of the sauce and with remaining sauce on the side.

 

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Gilded Sesame Cookies: Tahini Snacks

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This gilded sesame cookies is basically a tahini-based dough that rolled in gold- or silver-dusted sesame seeds. It is also an eye-popping cookies that melt in the mouth.

Have This!

  • One-half cups all-purpose flour
  • Half teaspoon baking powder
  • Pinch teaspoon salt
  • Half tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
  • Half cup sugar
  • Half cup well-stirred tahini
  • One teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • One-third cup sesame seeds
  • One-fourth teaspoon gold or silver luster dust

Do This!

  • Put together flour, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl.
  • Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about three minutes, then beat in tahini and vanilla.
  • Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in two batches, mixing until a crumbly dough forms.
  • Transfer dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and press into a disk.
  • Chill dough, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least one hour.
  • Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
  • Stir together sesame seeds and luster dust in a small bowl.
  • Roll dough into one inch balls, and then roll balls one at a time in seeds to coat and arrange two inches apart on lined baking sheets.
  • Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until cookies are puffed and starting to crack.
  • Cool on sheets ten minutes then transfer from parchment to a rack to cool completely.