A smooth, pourable sesame sauce built from tahini, fresh lemon juice, raw garlic, and cumin. It has a pleasingly thick body that loosens with cold water to a consistency that coats without clogging. Sharp, nutty, and faintly bitter, it sits well alongside roasted vegetables, grilled meat, or flatbreads, and keeps in the fridge for up to five days.
1clove
120g
75ml
0.5tsp
0.75tsp
60ml| # | Product | Quantity | Notes | State | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 1clove | — | — | |
| 2 | | 120g | — | — | |
| 3 | | 75ml | — | — | |
| 4 | | 0.5tsp | — | — | |
| 5 | | 0.75tsp | — | — | |
| 6 | | 60ml | — | — |
Peel the garlic clove on the board, discarding the papery skin.
Garlic · 1 clove
Transfer the peeled garlic clove into the small bowl.
Grate the peeled garlic clove finely into the small bowl using a microplane.
Spoon the tahini into the mixing bowl.
Tahini · 120 g
Pour the lemon juice into the tahini.
Lemon juice · 60 mlScrape the grated garlic into the tahini and lemon juice.
Add the ground cumin to the bowl.
Ground cumin · 0.5 tspAdd the salt to the bowl.
Salt · 0.5 tspWhisk the garlic, tahini, lemon juice, ground cumin and salt together until the mixture seizes into a thick, pale paste.
Pour the cold water into the thickened tahini mixture.
Cold water · 60 mlWhisk vigorously until the sauce loosens into a smooth, pourable consistency.
Taste, and add up to 1 tablespoon more lemon juice if it needs sharpening.
Lemon juice · 15 mlAdd a pinch more salt only if it needs it, and stir briefly to combine.
Salt · 0.25 tspPour the finished tahini sauce into a serving bowl.
| # | Product | Tool | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 clove | | Peel the garlic clove on the board, discarding the papery skin.⏱ 15sResultPeeled garlic clove |
| 2 | Peeled garlic clovestep 1 | | Transfer the peeled garlic clove into the small bowl.⏱ 5sResultPeeled garlic clove |
| 3 | — | | Grate the peeled garlic clove finely into the small bowl using a microplane.⏱ 20sResultGrated garlicused in step 6 |
| 4 | 120 g | | Spoon the tahini into the mixing bowl.⏱ 10sResultSoy sauce and tahini mixture |
| 5 | 60 ml | | Pour the lemon juice into the tahini.⏱ 10sResultSoy sauce and tahini mixture and lemon juice |
| 6 | Grated garlicstep 3 | | Scrape the grated garlic into the tahini and lemon juice.⏱ 5sResultSoy sauce and tahini mixture |
| 7 | 0.5 tsp | | Add the ground cumin to the bowl.⏱ 5sResultSoy sauce and tahini mixture |
| 8 | 0.5 tsp | | Add the salt to the bowl.⏱ 5sResultSoy sauce and tahini mixture |
| 9 | — | | Whisk the garlic, tahini, lemon juice, ground cumin and salt together until the mixture seizes into a thick, pale paste.⏱ 30sResultThickened tahini mixture |
| 10 | 60 ml | | Pour the cold water into the thickened tahini mixture.⏱ 5sResultThickened tahini mixture and cold water |
| 11 | — | | Whisk vigorously until the sauce loosens into a smooth, pourable consistency.⏱ 30sResultSmooth tahini sauce |
| 12 | 15 ml | | Taste, and add up to 1 tablespoon more lemon juice if it needs sharpening.⏱ 5sResultSmooth tahini sauce and lemon juice |
| 13 | 0.25 tsp | | Add a pinch more salt only if it needs it, and stir briefly to combine.⏱ 5sResultSmooth tahini sauce and lemon juice and salt |
| 14 | Smooth tahini sauce and lemon juice and saltstep 13 | | Pour the finished tahini sauce into a serving bowl.⏱ 10sResultTahini Sauce |
| Total Time | 9 min 35s | ||
Not served on its own — it goes into or alongside other dishes. Keep it until it is needed.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g |
|---|---|
| 280kcal | |
| 8g | |
| 24g | |
| 3g | |
| 13g | |
| 1g | |
| 4g | |
| 696mg |
A smooth, pourable sesame sauce built from tahini, fresh lemon juice, raw garlic, and cumin. It has a pleasingly thick body that loosens with cold water to a consistency that coats without clogging. Sharp, nutty, and faintly bitter, it sits well alongside roasted vegetables, grilled meat, or flatbreads, and keeps in the fridge for up to five days.
What you’ll doYou will grate garlic and whisk it into tahini with lemon juice, cumin and salt until it seizes and thickens. Cold water is whisked in until the sauce becomes smooth and pourable.
