Condiment
Light Tahini
S tier
Light tahini is hulled sesame, pale, pourable, the hummus and halva default. It should taste of sesame, not of bitter hull or rancid oil. Stir the oil back in. Hummus, dressings, silan. Dark tahini is the unhulled, bitter-mineral leaf. Whole-seed sits between.
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Characteristics
Preparations
HalvaHummusSilan
Traits
DefaultHulledHummusNot Hull BitterNot RancidPale PourSesameStir Oil
History
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Hulled sesame tahini became the Levantine light paste for hummus.
Light tahini jars filled Western health-food shops.
Stirred light tahini was specified against separated, bitter cheap jars.