What do people use tahini for?

Answer 1

My two favorite uses are to dilute it with some oil and lemon juice and user it as a salad dressing -- Great Mediterranean flavor -- and to roast baby eggplants for a couple of hours, and when soft, slit them open and dump in a spoonful of seasoned, garlicky tahini. It makes a terrific sandwich spread with almost anything -- cheese, deli, vegetables, etc. Nice over grilled meat as well.

Answer 2

Tahini is really easy to make, especially if you have a high-speed blender like a Vitamix or a Blendtec. It's just sesame seeds blended into a butter. That's it. They can be raw, toasted, with or without their hulls, soaked or not. Experiment and decide which you like best. Raw whole seeds (with their hulls) soaked for a few hours and then drained provide the most nutrients.

Answer 3

Tahini is used in North African, Greek, Turkish, and Middle Eastern cuisine. Tahini is served as a dip on its own or as a major component of hummus, baba ghanoush, and halva. Here are some ideas for using tahini:

• Spread it on toast, bagels, crackers, pita bread, waffles, and pancakes
  
• Add a spoonful to smoothies
  
• Drizzle it over fruit salad
  
• Blend it with chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, and salt to make hummus
  
• Stir some into hot cereal porridge
  
• Blend it into a salad dressing
  
• Make it into a sauce for grains and vegetables
  
• Try it over greens
  
• Turn it into sesame milk by blending a tablespoon with a cup of water and a few drops of maple syrup
  
• Use it in place of peanut butter in recipes for cookies
  
• Use it as a binder in savory patties and loaves, such as my Holiday Roast
  
• Make baba ganoush by puréing roasted eggplant, garlic, tahini, and lemon juice, and use it as a dip for vegetables or as a sandwich filling
  
• Stir it into hot cooked Asian noodles with tamari, garlic, ginger, and scallions
  
• Make a sweet snack by blending dates, figs, raisins, and tahini, then rolling balls of the mixture into coconut flakes, cocoa, or carob powder
  
• Blend a tablespoon with frozen fruit such as bananas, peaches, or mangoes, a dash of vanilla and a little water for a creamy frozen treat
  
• Spread tahini on a banana and drizzle it with melted Dark Chocolate
  
• Use tahini in place of mayonnaise in a sandwich with avocado and other veggies
  
• Top falafel with tahini sauce
  

Answer 4

Tahini is used in North African, Greek, Turkish, and Middle Eastern cuisine. Tahini is served as a dip on its own or as a major component of hummus, baba ghanoush, and halva. Here are some ideas for using tahini:

• Spread it on toast, bagels, crackers, pita bread, waffles, and pancakes
• Add a spoonful to smoothies
• Drizzle it over fruit salad
• Blend it with chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, and salt to make hummus
• Stir some into hot cereal porridge
• Blend it into a salad dressing
• Make it into a sauce for grains and vegetables
• Try it over greens
• Turn it into sesame milk by blending a tablespoon with a cup of water and a few drops of maple syrup
• Use it in place of peanut butter in recipes for cookies
• Use it as a binder in savory patties and loaves, such as my Holiday Roast
• Make baba ganoush by puréing roasted eggplant, garlic, tahini, and lemon juice, and use it as a dip for vegetables or as a sandwich filling
• Stir it into hot cooked Asian noodles with tamari, garlic, ginger, and scallions
• Make a sweet snack by blending dates, figs, raisins, and tahini, then rolling balls of the mixture into coconut flakes, cocoa, or carob powder
• Blend a tablespoon with frozen fruit such as bananas, peaches, or mangoes, a dash of vanilla and a little water for a creamy frozen treat
• Spread tahini on a banana and drizzle it with melted dark chocolate
• Use tahini in place of mayonnaise in a sandwich with avocado and other veggies
• Top falafel with tahini sauce

Answer 5

You can use tahini as a dipping sauce, toast spread, falafel topping, salad dressing and a soup additive.