Tahini - The nutty sesame spread

I seem to be very much proud to present this recipe!

This is the yummiest thing in the world is what I cried out, licking the finger dipped in my mixer to get the first taste of this creamy, heavenly, luscious dip I made at home. This can be used as a dressing, dip or even spread over your toast.

I am always a dip and dressing lover. I love my crackers, breads, and salads drenched in dips and dressings. But lately I figured out these are adding those extra not so good calories, I mean the store brought ones.

Then I started trying to make my versions of dips, and I am so happy to see that it is even better than store brought, with all the extra vinegars and preservatives tastes. The one made at home tastes the actual ingredient.

Who will bring store brought then, if you get better results, cheaper and guilt free knowing the ingredients went through the process.

So here I am presenting my creamy Tahini which in itself turned out to be so good a spread, but the intention behind preparing this was my home made dip, Hummus. Hummus recipe is on the way. SO now to Tahini :)

Ingredients

Very simple :)

Sesame dry roasted , until light brown

Sesame oil

Pink Himalayan Salt as required

And that is it :) Wow right.

Roast your sesame seeds until light brown. Be careful here, you don't need to over roast it.

Allow to cool and pulse it in mixer until fine powder. Pulse more adding salt and sesame oil. Add oil 1 tsp at a time, until desired consistency.

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