What else to do with tahini

If you’re like a lot of people I know, uses for tahini end at adding a spoon or two of the crushed sesame seed paste to home-made humous , or if you’re really into your Greek/Cypriot/Middle-Eastern cooking perhaps you’ve even tried tahinosalata, which Cypriots just call ‘tahini’ for short. It’s basically like humous, but without the chickpeas!

Yup, takes a few seconds for the brain to work that one out. 😉

Tahini is nothing short of amazing with pork souvlaki in pitta – one of the first things we rush to eat whenever we go to Cyprus, from the street vendors, wrapped in white paper. Just the best kind of street food!

But have you ever tried tahini as a sweet spread?
It’s simply heavenly mixed with honey and smeared on a wholewheat bagel (two tbsp of tahini to one tbsp of honey) and a great alternative to the ubiquitous peanut butter and jam! In fact, consider it the Greek version of PB&J 😉

Do try it! Chock full of minerals, calcium and good fats. 🙂

13 comments on “What else to do with tahini”

I add tahini to EVERYTHING!!!! I make endless versions of my own homous and baba ganoush, i make tahini sauce and add it to everything, including fruit. I’ve baked lots of favours dishes with it and made sweets with it…basically, LOVE LOVE LOVE tahini ☺️☺️☺️☺️

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annauk1 on March 22, 2014 at 7:21 pm said:

We need to spread the tahini love Elaine! 😉

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- Elaine @ foodbod on March 22, 2014 at 7:21 pm said:
  
  We do!!!! Maybe we need to team up? Make a plan?? 😉
  
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Sam Sin on March 22, 2014 at 8:20 pm said:

Elaine, you’re love for tahini is inspiring! 🙂

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- Elaine @ foodbod on March 22, 2014 at 8:22 pm said:
  
  Yay!!!!!
  
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World domination! 😉

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I added some tahini to a carrot, sweet potato and chickpea soup. It made such an amazing difference to the taste! It started off a little too sweet and the tahini added a nice savoury tone to it without masking the other flavours. Need to use tahini more! 🙂

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annauk1 on March 22, 2014 at 8:21 pm said:

Oh, yum! 🙂

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I don’t use tahini in my hummus, so I’ve never had it. Maybe I will have to get some! 🙂

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annauk1 on March 23, 2014 at 2:05 pm said:

It’s yummy stuff Joanna, do try it!

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I use tahini in houmous but I also love to add it to yoghurt as a dressing and it does go really well in a carrot and chickpea soup as Sam Sin said. I find carrot soup too sweet normally but I love it with a bit of tahini in.

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