Foods Using tahini

Sweet confection made with tahini or semolina

Pide with tahini and sugar

Fetteh is a Lebanese dish made with layers of toasted bread, yogurt, chickpeas, and pine nuts, topped with a garlic-tahini sauce. It is often served as a main course or side dish.

Shawarma is a Lebanese dish made with marinated slices of lamb, beef, or chicken, stacked on a vertical rotisserie and roasted. The meat is shaved off the rotisserie and served in pita bread with tahini sauce.

Hummus is a Lebanese dip made with mashed chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice, and garlic, often served with pita bread or as a side dish.

Sweet pastry filled with tahini and sugar

Arnabeet Mekleh is a Lebanese dish made with fried cauliflower florets tossed in a tahini-based sauce flavored with garlic, lemon juice, and Middle Eastern spices.

Baba Ghanoush is a Lebanese dip made with roasted eggplant, tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil, often served as a appetizer or side dish.