tahinan.
/tɑːˈhiːnə/ A paste or sauce made of sesame seeds, much eaten in the Middle East.
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1950 E. David Bk. Mediterranean Food 146 Tahina is a thick white oil made from pounded sesame seeds. It is served in a bowl and eaten by dipping bread... You buy the white tahina from the grocer, and it is then thinned with water.
1968 C. Roden Bk. Middle Eastern Food 35 Tahina itself is a paste made from sesame meal, and can be found in all Greek stores.
1968 C. Roden Bk. Middle Eastern Food 35 Serve the tahina cream in a bowl.
1971 W. Tucker This Witch (1972) ii. 14 The Arab cook had added a small dish of taheena to whet my appetite.
1972 Vogue Feb. 33/1 Moroccan tahine dishes with cone lids for couscous, £1.10.
1976 Vogue Jan. 88/2 I like them [sc. chick peas] best made into hummus, mixed to a smooth paste with tahini, lemon juice and garlic.
1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 1 Aug. 5/1 They saw a tahina factory where sesame oil is made, the peanut butter of the Middle East.
1980 C. Smith Cut-out xvi. 120 Both Palestinians ate sparingly..mining modestly into the hommas and tehineh dips with their pitta bread.
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