Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
5 cups sesame seeds/sesame paste 2 cups
1 1/2 cups olive oil or vegetable oil
salt
paprika
lemon juice
parsley optional

Method:
Preheat oven to 350. Toast sesame seeds for 5-10 minutes, tossing the seeds frequently with a spatula. Do not allow to brown. Cool for 20 minutes.

Pour sesame seeds into food processor and add oil. Blend for 2 minutes. Check for consistency. The goal is a thick, yet pourable texture. Add more oil and blend until desired consistency (now you have basic sesame paste).

for preperation of Tahini salad you add 1 cup water in room temp. to 1 cup semsame paste. add : garlic 1 crushed ,  salt and paprika to taste, 2 spoons lemon juice. optional – parsley half cup chopped.

use less or more water in order to get to desired consistency

Ingredients:

1/2 kg Turnips (Shalgam)
1/2 kg Carrots (Gajar)
1/2 kg Cauliflower (Phool gobi)
1 cup Oil (Tel)
2 teaspoons Turmeric (Haldi)
2 teaspoons Red chili pepper (Lal Mirchi)
6 tsps ground Mustard seeds (Rai/Sarson)
Salt (Namak) to taste

Method:

1. Clean and cut vegetables into big pieces and boil for 5 minutes.
2. Put in a basket to drain well and then dry with a clean cloth.
3. Mix ground mustard seeds, turmeric, Red chili pepper , salt and oil together into the boiled vegetables.
4. Put in a clean jar and keep it in the sun for 4 days, shaking the pickle once or twice daily.
5. Serve after 1 week

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cup cooked chickpeas
3 tb tahini
3 tb lemon juice
2 small garlic cloves – optional
4 spoons chopped pasley – optional
1 ts cumin powder
1/2 ts paprika
1/2 ts salt
1/4 ts black pepper
2 to 3 tb water
olive oil

Method:
In a food processor  add the chickpeas and lemonAdd the cumin and minced garlic,add the tahini , add the salt and few table spoons of the humus waterabout 2-3
Blend everything together and check for the thickness,if you find it to be too thick add a little more of water. add parsley now if using. serve on plate with olive oil  or as dip.

so many varieties are around can be eaten with olive oil, minced meat or cooked faba beans etc.