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Tahini

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Health & Wellbeing
I really love tahini (for those who don't know, it's a spread/paste made from crushed sesame seeds) but I always do the same thing with it as I don't know anything else.

I have it on toast with vegemite and tahini on top mmm.
anyone know what else I can do? Can it be used in recipes?

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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    I don't like tahini itself, but it's what halva is made of, and halva is awesome. ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I only ever use it to make hummus.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    tahini is fucking vile, it sticks to the inside of your mouth and is grim as grim can be!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    katchika wrote: »
    Can it be used in recipes?
    :yes: lots :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh I saw the word 'tahini' in a hummus recipe and wondered what it was!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Oh I think I'll have to get some - who sells it - what's it cost?

    I noticed a lot of things I like taste like seaseme seeds but I always thought they just used seaseme oil
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    use it to make nut roast, mix it with a nut roast pack, and it's very yummy!

    make hummus? i used to gorge on it when i was little...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    make kebabs, warm up some pita bread, spread tahini on bread and insert kebabs....oh and its heavenly on donner kebabs and shawarmas and as a dip for falafels.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote: »
    Oh I think I'll have to get some - who sells it - what's it cost?

    I noticed a lot of things I like taste like seaseme seeds but I always thought they just used seaseme oil


    You can buy it in Holland and Barratt, and I also saw some in Sainsburys (in the foreign foods section). It costs around £1.50 for a jar depending on the brand.

    thanks for the suggestions.
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    **helen****helen** Deactivated Posts: 9,235 Supreme Poster
    Indrid Cold wrote: »
    I don't like tahini itself, but it's what halva is made of, and halva is awesome. ;)

    Indeed :yum:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What is halva?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    its an arabic sweet, can be called halwa or halva
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Amira wrote: »
    its an arabic sweet, can be called halwa or halva

    I used to love it until I ate loads when I had a massive hangover in Jerusalem (Dodgy Isreli vodka) and now I can't eat it at all any more without feeling reallly ill which is such a pity.

    My mother in law makes a Tahini dip tingy which we have with roast lamb - weird but it works.

    Is kind of like hummus but without the chickpeas - you take some tahini and add lemon juice, salt peper and a little and garlic olive oil and hten you mix it up with a couple of tablespons of water to make it more runny - at first it goes really hard but as you keep on mixing it gets much runnier - its reallllllly nice - ohhhh I want lamb now
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yuck I don't like it, I only use it in Hummus
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