What is Tehina?

Answer 1

What is tahini?
Think peanut butter, only made with sesame seeds. To make tahini, sesame seeds are soaked in water for a day, then crushed to separate the bran from the kernels. The crushed seeds are put into salted water, where the bran sinks, but the kernels float and are skimmed off the surface. They are toasted, then ground to produce their oily paste. There are two types of tahini, light and dark, and the light ivory version is considered to have both the best flavor and texture.

Tahini is most closely associated with the Middle East, where it is eaten as is, and often used in making hummus (mashed chickpeas, flavored with lemon juice and garlic), baba ghanoush (a purée of eggplant, lemon juice, garlic, and oil), halvah (a confection that includes honey or cane syrup), and other traditional dishes.

Some people say it reminds them of peanut butter, which you can substitute for it if you want.

Answer 2

Tehina: a typical Middle Eastern dish. Tehina is a dip/sauce made out of sesame paste with garlic, olive oil and lemon juice.

Usually it is garnished with parsley, pickles and olive oil and served with Hummus or used as a topping for falafel.

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Tehina: a sauce made with ground sesame seeds as the base. May be eaten by itself, or with houmus or felafel.

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Tehina is as common in the middle-east as catsup is in the United States. It's a dip, a garnish, a sauce, or in combination with hummous, it's a first course. This is Sarah Choueka's recipe, enjoyed countless times at the Choueka Friday night or Saturday noon table. Each family has its own preference for the consistency and the amount of salt and other seasonings, but the recipe below should give you a reasonable base.
Ingredients:

* 4 ounces ground sesame paste
* 5 cloves garlic, crushed
* juice from 1-2 lemons
* 1 tsp. cumin
* 1/2 tsp. salt, or to taste
* sufficient water to mix to thin consistency

Before measuring the sesame paste, stir the separated oil back into the solids. Mix all ingredients well, and thin with water. Tehina should be made just before eating. As mentioned above it is omnipresent in the middle-eastern diet, but I serve it with salads, breads, bourekas, or lahma bi ajeen.

Answer 3

A typical dish of the Orient brought to Israel by Jewish refugees from the Arab countries. Tehina is a thick dip with sesame seeds as its base. It is often used as a topping for falafel and other dishes.

Answer 4

A thick dip with sesame seeds and is often used as a topping for falafel and other dishes

Answer 5

Tehina is sesame paste, it's runny like syrup and is used as an ingredient in hommos. Sometimes it's used by itself as a dip.