hello everyone i'm Nima welcome to my youtube channel this video is about tahini we will be
talking about what exactly tahini is how it's made how to use it in our cooking
how to properly keep and store it a little about history of it and a lot more so if you want to get
information about tahini and like get the answer to all of those questions keep watching this video
what is tahini so it's basically sesame seed butter or sesame seed paste and it's usually used
in the mediterranean cuisine and in the middle east it also has been used since 5000 years ago
so this product is ancient and you can use it in sweet and savory recipes it adds a nutty and like
umami flavor to your food and your end product will have a creamy texture because of tahini
it's also very nutritionally dense it has a lot of vitamins b and e it has iron it has a lot of
calcium and a lot more how is it made so first of all i just wanted to let you know that there
is no standard recipe for tahini this is because we have many many different types of sesame seeds
and they all differ from each other and therefore we cannot use the same recipe but you
should you only need to know two things the proper consistency of tahini and the taste of it when you
when you know those two things you can basically make tahini whenever you want with whatever sesame
seed that you have and you actually can use some recipes online but at the end of the day you have
to adjust them because as i said all that all the um sesame seeds that we have are not the same and
they all differ from each other in order to make tahini you only need three ingredients sesame
seed oil and salt the oil that you use has to be a neutral oil what is a neutral oil it's basically
any type of oil that does not have any aroma and it has a mild flavor to it let's say you make
tahini with olive oil your final product would taste like olive oil but why because olive oil
has a lot of flavor to it but let's say you make tahini with vegetable oil your final plot or your
finer product would taste like sesame seed because vegetable oil does not have any aroma and it has
a mild flavor to it and whenever you want to make something your ingredients if your ingredients are
good quality ingredients your final outcome will have a good quality so make sure your sesame seeds
are good quality sesame seeds and if you want to gain more information about sesame seed itself
i have made a video about it it's on my youtube channel make sure to watch that one too
okay so first of all you have to toast your sesame seeds in a saute pan or a skillet on medium heat
and shake it once in a while because you don't want your sesame seed to burn they have a very
very high oil content so if you just leave them there they'll most likely burn shake
them a little bit and as soon as you can smell the aroma of it remove it from the heat source pour it
in another container and let it cool down to room temperature then when your sesame seeds cool down
pour them in a food processor or a blender turn it on until you have a like powdery because
consistency when you have that consistency start adding the oil don't add too much oil at once
add little by little like based on how much sesame seed you have add like one teaspoon one tablespoon
two tablespoon don't add too much at once because if you add too much oil your tahini will be too
loose start adding a little bit at a time and turn your food processor or blender on each time that
you add oil so it gets fully incorporated and when you have that consistency that you like
it it should have a medium nappy consistency when you have that consistency start adding
salt taste it adjust it if needed and there you go you have a nice and delicious homemade
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thank you how to use tahini you can basically consume tahini right off the jar but it can be
overwhelming because of its very strong flavor well think about it it's all sesame seed and oil
but it's best to use it in other recipes for example tahini is one of the more one of the
one of the main ingredients in hummus and if you don't have tahini in hummus you can't basically
have a standard or authentic hummus and if you want to gain more information about hummus i have
made a video about it make sure to watch that one too it's honestly one of my favorite videos
yeah tahini you can basically drizzle it over falafel you can
drizzle it over fruits pastries cakes i've seen it on ice cream i've seen it on yogurt frozen yogurt
and you can even use it as a marinade for beef lamb chicken basically any type of protein that
you have how to properly keep and store tahini storing tahini is very important because it has a
very very high oil content and if it's not stored properly it can go rancid very quickly you know
it should be stored in an entire container in a dry cooled place and in the refrigerator you
know it's best to just store it in the fridge and just just remember this tahini separates after it
sits for like a day or so the oil separates from the sesame paste so it's best to take it out two
hours three hours in advance before you want to use it so it gets to room temperature and you
can stir it and recombine it together again all right everyone this is the end of the video thank
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