Ice-Water Tehina

Name: Ice-Water Tehina
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2 cups (500 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 cup (240 ml) Tahini; 1/2 cup (120 ml) Lemon Juice; 2 cloves Garlic; 1/2 tsp (1 g) Cumin; 1 tsp (6 g) Salt; 3/4 cup ice water (180 ml) Water

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

CONDIMENT · FALAFEL, SALADS & VEGETABLES

A condiment for falafel, salads & vegetables.

Solomonov's whipped ice-water tehina for falafel.

On the jar

TEHINA

Method: blend
Yield: about 2 cups
Ingredients: 6

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Tahini 240 mlLemon Juice 120 mlWater 180 ml

Ingredients

Tahini1 cup (240 ml)
Lemon Juice1/2 cup (120 ml)
Garlic2 cloves
Cumin1/2 tsp (1 g)
Salt1 tsp (6 g)
Water3/4 cup ice water (180 ml)

Where it sits

One of 39 nut sauces in the catalog, with 6 ingredients against a median of 8.

The acid here is lemon juice. In this category chefs also reach for Sherry vinegar (8 recipes), rice vinegar (2), and lime juice (2).

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Companion jar

Ice-Water Tehina wants a blender. Make it from this page.

The jar carries pour-and-shake sauces. These are its closest cousins from kitchens like this one:

3 kitchens · 4 stars · 4 national awards

Garlic Lemon Nut Sauce★ STARRED KITCHENOn the jar: TAHINI
Passion Fruit DressingNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: AMBA TEHINA
Lemon Tehina SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: LEMON TEHINA
Buttermilk Vinaigrette★★★ KITCHENOn the jar: BUTTERMILK

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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.

Originally published as Zahav Ice-Water Tehina.

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

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. 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 (published as “Zahav Ice-Water Tehina”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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