Taratoor ii (sesame sauce)

Yield: 1 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients:

3 md Garlic cloves chopped
1 c Tahini paste
1 c Cold water
1/2 c Lemon juice
1 ts Salt

Instructions:

In a deep bowl mash the garlic to a paste with a pestle or the back of a large spoon. Stir in the tahina. then with a whisk of spoon beat in 1/2 cup of the cold water the lemon juice and salt. Still beating add up to 1/2 cup more of water 1 tablespoon at a time until the sauce has the consistency of thick mayonnaise and holds its shape almost solidly in a spoon. Taste for seasoning. Taratoor can be served as a sauce with baked fish or fried cauliflower and is used as an ingredient in hummus and baba ghannooj.