Sesame/Thahini Halwa

Ingredients

Sesame Paste: ¾ cup

Honey: 1cup
Pistachios (roasted & crushed): ¼ cup

Method Of Preparation

Bring honey to boil. Stir while boiling.

When it reaches soft ball stage switch off the flame and add thahini/sesame paste and pistachios.
Soon pour this mixture to a greased tray.
When cooled refrigerate it for 2-3hrs.
Cut with sharp knife into square pieces.

Chick Pea -Sausage Salad With Tahini Dressing

Ingredients

Carrot: 1

Cucumber: 2

Onion: 1

Tomato: 2

Mint leaves: 6

Chick peas: 1 cup (soaked and cooked by adding salt)

Sausage: 4 (fried in oil)

Thahini Paste: as required

Olive oil: 3tbsp

Lemon Juice: 3tbsp or as per taste

Pepper powder: ¾ tsp

Salt: as required

Method Of Preparation

Chop carrot, cucumber, onion, tomato mint leaves and sausage.

Add this into the bowl. Add chick peas to it.

Add olive oil, lemon juice, pepper powder and sprinkle salt. Mix all well.

At the time of serving add thahini paste and serve.

Capsicum-Tahini Dip

Ingredients

White sesame seeds: ½ cup

Olive Oil: 4-5 tbsp

Salt: needed

Lemon juice: 3tbsp (can increase as per taste)

Garlic Crushed: 3

Curd/Yogurt: 3-4tbsp

Capsicum: 1

Method Of Preparation

Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a pan and add the chopped capsicum to it. Roast to about 3-4 minutes or till its raw taste takes off. Keep aside.

Dry roast the sesame seeds and add to the blender.

When it powders, add olive oil and garlic to it and blend again. Then add roasted capsicum pieces to it and blend again well.

Then transfer to the bowl and add curd, lemon juice and salt to it and stir well.

If you find it too thick you can add more olive oil to get the consistency.

Veg.Salad With Tahini Dressing

Ingredients

Onion: 1

Carrot: 1

Cucumber: 1

Tomato: 1

Capsicum: 1

Tahini sauce: 1 cup (or as per taste)

Black Olives whole: 10-15

Salt: needed

Olive Oil: 2tbsp

Lemon juice: 2tbsp (optional)

Method Of Preparation

Heat oil in a pan and add capsicum and roast it for few minutes without losing its crunchiness.

Chop carrot, onion, cucumber and tomato.

In a bowl take all the vegetables, black olives and add tahini sauce and salt if needed.

Mix well with spoon.

Add lemon juice (this step is optional, if you like it a bit tangy you can add lemon juice otherwise avoid the step.)

Refrigerate it for one hour and serve chilled.

Black Sesame Ball/Laddoo

Ingredients

Black Sesame Seeds: 2 cups

Parboiled Rice/Puzhukkallari: ¾ cup

Jaggery Grated: 2 cups

Coconut Grated: 2 cups

Method of Preparation

Heat a pan and dry roast the sesame seeds, when it starts spluttering switch off the flame. Remove from pan and keep aside.

Heat the same pan and dry roast the rice till it puffs up and when it puffs up completely switch off the flame and remove from pan and keep aside.

Let it slightly cool.

In a blender add the roasted rice and blend it to a fine powder. Transfer this to a bowl.

Then add the sesame seeds to the blender and blend it well.

In a bowl add rice powder, sesame powder, grated jaggery and grated coconut.

Mix well with hand and roll into small balls.

Delicious sesame ball is ready to serve.

Note: You can blend jaggery and coconut together and add to rice powder and sesame powder. This will make it more moist and easy to make balls.

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Tahini Sauce

Ingredients

White sesame seeds: ½ cup

Olive Oil: 3-4 tbsp

Salt: needed

Lemon juice: 3tbsp

Garlic Crushed: 3

Curd/Yogurt: 2-3tbsp

Method of Preparation

Dry roast the sesame seeds and add to the blender.

When it powders, add olive oil and garlic to it and blend again.

Then transfer to the bowl and add curd, lemon juice and salt to it and stir well.

If you find it too thick you can add more olive oil to get the consistency.