Lemon Tehina Sauce

Name: Lemon Tehina Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 2 cups (450 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 cup (240 ml) Tahini; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Lemon Juice; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt; ~3/4 cup ice water to thin (180 ml) Water

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Michael Solomonov recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Michael Solomonov.

DRESSING · FALAFEL, SALADS & GRILLED MEATS

A dressing for falafel, salads & grilled meats.

Michael Solomonov's lemon tehina sauce for falafel.

On the jar

LEMON TEHINA

Method: shake
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 5
Jar batch: 0.45× recipe

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Ratio

TAHINI 240 mlWATER 180 mlLEMON JUICE 120 ml

Ingredients

Tahini1 cup (240 ml)
Lemon Juice1/2 cup (120 ml)
Garlic2 cloves
Salt1 tsp (6 g)
Water~3/4 cup ice water to thin (180 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): TAHINI, WATER, LEMON JUICE.
Season to finish: GARLIC (1 clove), SALT (about ½ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Israeli-American chef of Zahav in Philadelphia; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. Modern Israeli cooking documented in Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking.

Adapted from a recipe published by Michael Solomonov in Zahav tehina variations.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.45× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Zahav tehina variations (published as “Lemon Tehina Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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