Weekend Cooking: Tahini-yoghurt sauce

Picture this: You want to make hummus for the first time and you buy a jar of tahini (sesame paste) but you only need a spoonful of tahin for a whole lot of hummus, so what to do with the rest of your jar? That is why this Taste of Tahini blog hop is starring tahini. You will have 4 recipes to your the rest of your jar of tahini :)

I made a tahini-yoghurt sauce from the cookbook veggie burgers every which way by Lukas Volger. This was a double challenge for me because I don't make my own sauces that often and I am fairly new at it. I served this sauce as a topping on bean burgers and it tasted great.It has a really fresh flavor and is perfect for spring.

Tahini-yoghurt sauce (makes 1 1/4 cups - enough for 6 bean burgers)
- 3/4 cup Greek style plain yoghurt
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
- 1 minced garlic clove
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp cumin
- some salt

Just combine all the ingredients and adjust seasonings if needed. That's it! I was surprised myself how easy it is to make your own sauce if you know what to combine. Additionally you can add a dash of hot sauce if you like a more spicy sauce.

For the burger I slapped some sauce on the bottom bun, just a spoonful and spread it. Then I put some lettuce and cucumber on there and the bean burger. Lastly I added more sauce on top before placing the top bun. 

I linked some related recipes for your convenience:
Bean Burgers
Hummus
Cauliflower Soup with tahin

And of course there is more tahin inspiration if you read the posts of the other participants:
Chinoiseries made summer rolls
Graasland made roasted eggplant and tahini soup
JannyAn made vegan falafel

This post is part of Weekend Cooking. Make sure you visit the other participants as well :)

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