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What does tahini mean?

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Noun
  1. (cooking) A paste made from ground sesame seeds; used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.
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One of the cheapest and easiest 'deli' foods to make, hummus is essentially chickpeas pureed with tahini and other flavours added.
The combination of tahini and date syrup makes a classic Middle Eastern spread for bread.
For the hummus, place the chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice and tahini in a food processor with two teaspoons of the cumin.
The hummus was creamy with tahini and lemon, although the pittas were a bit dry.
I would eat foods that were made famous thousands of years ago such as hummus, tahini, pitta bread, olives from the Holy Land, dates and figs.
Kasrah is often eaten with dips, such as babaghanuj, a dip made of mashed, roasted eggplant mixed with lemon, tahini, and a pinch of salt.

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