Tarator (sauce)

Tarator sauce
Levantine tarator with falafels
Alternative namestahinia sauce
TypeSauce
Place of originGreater Syria
Serving temperatureCold
Main ingredientstahini, lemon juice, garlic and sometimes yoghurt
Turkish tarator with fried calamari

Tarator (Arabic: طراطور), sometimes called tahinia sauce, is a nut- or tahini- based sauce made with lemon juice and garlic that is found in Middle Eastern cuisine and usually served next to fish, falafel, or beef shawarma. It is different from tarator in Balkan cuisine, which is a yoghurt-based cucumber soup similar to tzatziki.

By region

Lebanese

In Lebanese cuisine, tarator (Arabic: طراطور) is a sauce made from tahini, lemon juice, ground garlic, salt, and water.[1][2] It is often served with falafels or beef shawarma.

Turkey

In Turkish cuisine, tarator is a sauce made from walnuts, bread, lemon juice or vinegar, ground garlic, and olive oil.[3] It is often served with fried calamari, for that reason it also called kalamari sos.[4][5][6] The sauce is also served with boiled vegetables.[7] There are also recipes of tarator sauce in Turkey that include yoghurt, or mayo.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ Bishara, Rawia; Bishara, Jumana (2018). Levant: New Middle Eastern Flavours. London: Octopus. ISBN 978-0-85783-551-2.
  2. ^ Abraham, Nabeel; Shryock, Andrew, eds. (2000). Arab Detroit: From Margin to Mainstream. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-8143-3978-7.
  3. ^ "Turkish Tarator (Walnut and Garlic Sauce)". Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health. 18 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Tarator Sos (Kalamar Sosu)". Nefis Yemek Tarifleri. 28 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Tarator Sos (Kalamar Sosu)". Yemek.
  6. ^ "Calamary Sauce Tarator Recipe". Turkish Style Cooking. 21 August 2014.
  7. ^ Akin, Engin (2015). Essential Turkish Cuisine. ABRAMS. ISBN 9781613128718.
  8. ^ "Tarator Sos (Kalamar Sosu)". Nefis Yemek Tarifleri. 28 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Tarator Sos (Kalamar Sosu)". Yemek.
  10. ^ "Calamary Sauce Tarator Recipe". Turkish Style Cooking. 21 August 2014.
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