Baqdounis bi taheeni (parsley & sesame oil
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Parsley; coarsely chopped |
| 1 | cup | Taheeni (sesame oil) |
| 1 | cup | Lemon juice |
| 1¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 3 | Garlic | |
| ½ | cup | Water, cold |
Directions
This parsley sauce is not as well known as hummus bi taheeni but it is equally flavorful and makes an excellent meat or bland fish accompaniment.
Crush garlic with salt and work into a smooth paste with a little lemon jui ce. Mix taheeni with the garlic and slowly add lemon juice with the water u ntil a smooth sauce like thick cream is formed. Add parsley and more salt a nd lemon juice enough to give it a tart flavor. Serve cold.
Makes about two and a half cups of sauce.
To make this sauce quickly in the electric blender, add lemon juice and water alternately in small amounts to the taheeni. Add garlic crushed with salt. Blend in parsley at low speed last. Parsley should be recognizable so do not overblend the sauce at the end.