Vegetarian Star

Tahina. Photo: Serious Eats

Michael Natkin is a vegetarian food blogger at Herbivoracious who stops by the highly trafficked SeriousEats.com website to share a meatless recipe for the Serious Meatless section.

Tahina goes great as a veggie dip, sandwich spread or drizzled over falafel, but don’t confuse it with hummus, as Natkin says many people do. Hummus is created from chickpeas while tahina is crafted from sesame seeds.

Then there’s that conundrum of how to spell it.

You say tahina, he says tehineh, they say tehina, but you shouldn’t say tahini, which is the raw pureed sesame seed. All other variations of the spelling refer to the sauce.

“Hummus is well-known in the west, inspiring frightful variations with textures comparable to drywall cement, while tahina’s praises go unsung,” Natkin writes. “Which is a shame, because it is easy to throw together, delicious, and very nutritious.”

However you choose to sing its praises by garnishing it with olives, parsley or other toppings, grab the Seriously Meatless recipe for Tahina at Serious Eats.

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