Tahini – A Sauce With Many Health Benefits

A sauce that gives perfection to your dishes, a dish that is delicious and also healthy is Tahini. It is a paste made from sesame seeds and is a staple in many cuisines, especially in the Mediterranean and Middle East.Making Tahini at home is really easy, you are already familiar with the scenario of making hummus. The only difference between hummus and tahini is the choice of beans. Tahini is made with Sesame Seeds and Hummus is prepared with chickpeas. So if you are having sesame seeds, Olive Oil, Garlic, and Lemon in your house, you are ready to prepare tahini at Home.

Here is a recipe through which you can prepare this dish easily at home.

Ingredients

• 1 cup hulled sesame Seeds
• 3 tablespoons or more Olive Oil Process

Firstly, heat a dry, clean skillet over medium heat and add the sesame seeds. Stir frequently until they turn golden brown. Keep in mind to keep on stirring the Sesame Seeds as they burn quite easily. Secondly, once they are toasted cool it and then ass it to a food processor. Start by adding 3 tablespoons of olive oil. Process the mixture into a paste. Keep on adding olive oil until you reach the desired consistency. Lastly, Store the tahini paste in an airtight jar. You can keep it for several months.

In case, you want to try it in a restaurant along with other foodies, then a kosher restaurant is the best. They are very particular about maintaining the cleanliness and freshness of each and every food available in their place.

Know Tahini’s Nutrient Content

Tahini is relatively high in calcium and Protein and is an excellent source of Copper, Zinc, Iron, manganese, omega 3 and amino acids. With these nutrients you can easily fight inflammation and provides great cardiovascular support. They also contribute in boosting your immune system. Just one spoon of Tahini can give you 26% of the recommended daily intake of Copper. It can also give you 9 to 12% of Zinc, iron and selenium.

What are the Benefits that we get from the nutrient Content?

1. Tahini is high in healthy fats and amino acids: Compared to other nuts and seeds, Sesame seeds have one of the highest oil contents that are why it is exceptionally silky smooth compared to other nut butters. It contains exactly 55% and 20% protein, so you can get both healthy fats and the exact amount of amino acids.
2. Powerhouse of essential Vitamins and minerals: Tahini is a great way of obtaining Vitamins B substitutes like Thiamine along with minerals like potassium, copper, phosphorous, iron, zinc and many others. If you can add Tahini in your regular diet, it means that you are adding a lot of Copper. Copper is essential for maintaining nerve, bone and metabolic health.
3. Helps in improving Skin health: Sesame seeds are a good source of amino acids, Vitamin B, E and Fatty acids. All these vitamins help in Skin cell rejuvenation and prevent early signs of aging.
4. Boosts Nutrient absorption: Sesame seeds help in the absorption of protective fat soluble compounds. Thus, playing a key role in preventing human age related disease, and heart disease. Nutrient absorption also helps in preventing inflammation, oxidative stress, and chronic disease development.

Therefore, a dish that is so easy to prepare can provide you a plethora of advantages, and health benefits, it is a must to have food. Be it Hummus or Tahini, both of them make dishes tastier and lip smacking along with maintaining its health benefits. So, if you have never been to a Healthy Restaurant surely visit ours, and try the tasty Tahini sauce with our top Mediterranean Cuisine like falafel, Shish Kabab, Shawarma, Tuna, Babagnush, Pita Bread, Chicken Cutlet and many others.