How To Make Tahini | Everything About The Tahini Recipe (2024)

A very simple 2 ingredients recipe. You really do not need to buy that expensive Tahini from restaurants. Make your own Tahini at home. Its super delcious and helathy. It makes every food extra special.

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What is Tahini? and why you should stop buying it from the store?

Tahini is a dip made from ground hulled toasted sesame. It has a significant role in some of the most iconic middle eastern dishes like hummus and baba ganoush. Tahini recipe is so easy to follow.

What are the Health Benefits of Tahini?

Tahini is a very nutritious dip. Following are some essential nutrients that need to be part of your daily diet and found in Tahini.
Vitamin B6
Manganese
Thiamine
Phosphorus
Tahini is antibacterial and rich in antioxidants. There are many other health benefits of Tahini, but I do not want to emphasize the medical benefits since I am not a doctor or certified practitioner. But as a regular educated person, all I can say is that it is a healthy dip that we should add to our daily diet.

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Top 5 Tahini Recipes to Try Out Tonight

Basic Tahini Recipe – Makes about 1 cup of tahini paste
Homemade Hummus Recipe This is an easy and healthy idea for lunch or dinner. It’s perfect party food or evening snack
Tzatziki Sauce is a Greek yoghurt-based dip or sauce with cucumbers, garlic, herbs, and spices, often served as a cold appetizer or condiment on pita bread with falafel other Middle Eastern sandwiches.
Roasted Garlic Tahini – Adds roasted garlic to your tahini recipe for that extra flavour and deep roasted taste! This dressing pairs well with salads or vegetables.
Baba ganoush – Part of the Lebanese cuisine, Baba ganoush is a mix of mashed eggplant, lemon, olive oil and various other seasoning ingredients. It is similar to Hummus.

Why Tahini is the Best Choice for Your Kitchen?

What to Dip & What To Put in Your Salad Bowl, Bowl of Hummus, or Soup Recipe with Tahini Sauce? Tasty and Healthy Wrap Ideas!. I think it is something you must have all the time in your kitchen. Try with your daily meal, or spread some on your sandwiches or wrap. But, of course, you can never go wrong with Tahini, such a delicious sauce. Drizzle it on top of your favourite salad or make your Tahini burger. Then, add some lemon and spice, and you can take Tahini to a whole new level.

The 5 Healthiest Uses for Tahini in your Diet

Drizzle it on toast and add some honey for a morning pick-me-up
Make a smoothie with Tahini, oats, frozen banana, lemon and almond milk for breakfast or an afternoon snack
Mix Tahini with olive oil or avocado oil and use it as the base of a salad dressing for an easy weekday meal prep option that will last all week long!
Toss pre-cooked rice in tahini sauce before baking it with vegetables
Use Tahini as a dressing on your Favourite salad wrap.

How to make Tahini?

Step1 – Prefer to use organic sesame seeds for Tahini. First, Spread the sesame seeds on the baking paper. Then, you can roast it without the baking paper as well. I use it because of the non-sticky properly of the paper.
Step 2 – Roast sesame seeds in preheat oven to 350°F for 4-5 minutes. Keep an eye on Sesame seeds. Let it be slightly brown, but not too much otherwise, and you will end up burning the sesame seeds.
Step 3 – Now, take out the seeds and let them cool down. Once all seeds seem to be at normal temperature, shift the seeds to a grinder jar.
Step 4 – You can grind the Sesame seeds finely and use them directly as a deep or Mix it with olive oil and make a smooth paste. Delicious Tahini is ready to serve.

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Easy Homemade Tahini

Prep Time1 minute min

Cook Time5 minutes mins

Total Time6 minutes mins

Course: Dip

Cuisine: Middle Eastern

Keyword: dip recipe, easy tahini recipe, homemade tahini, tahini recipe

Servings: 2 -3

Calories: 668kcal

Author: ila

Ingredients

1 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup olive oil

Instructions

Prefer to use organic sesame seeds for Tahini. First, Spread the sesame seeds on the baking paper. Then, you can roast it without the baking paper as well. I use it because of the non-sticky properly of the paper.
Roast sesame seeds in preheat oven to 350°F for 4-5 minutes. Keep an eye on Sesame seeds. Let it be slightly brown, but not too much otherwise, and you will end up burning the sesame seeds.
Now, take out the seeds and let them cool down. Once all seeds seem to be at normal temperature, shift the seeds to a grinder jar.
You can grind the Sesame seeds finely and use them directly as a deep or Mix it with olive oil and make a smooth paste. Delicious Tahini is ready to serve. Fill it in tightly covered jar and store it in refrigerator. You can use it for months.

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Steph204
July 20, 2014 at 7:06 pm·Reply

That’s it?!!! LOL I thought it was a huge complicated process as well. This is fabulous! Thank you so much! I love hummus but it’s so expensive from the store for a tiny little tub of it that is really a snack for the two of that is gone in an evening. I want to make my own so I looked up recipes on Pinterest for hummus and saw your recipe for Tahini tucked in there and am SOOOO glad to find your blog. Will now go through all of your other money saving recipes too. I’ll post this blog to Twitter and Facebook for sure. Just love helpful women like you. I’m not Suzie Homemaker but I do like a little freedom to get creative in the kitchen when I have time. Thanks again. Keep up this fabulous and fun blog, will ya? You’ve got a great new fan in me.
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Janu Krishna
February 18, 2013 at 7:08 pm·Reply

Me too I thought it was some big process and got the can but I hated the taste then went online and got recipe and till now enjoying it.Nothing taste better than home food.
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- MyWayToCook
  February 19, 2013 at 6:51 am·Reply
  Thank Janani, I fully agreed nothing taste better than home food.
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