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Question: Tahini and Tahini Sauce

What is the difference between tahini and tahini sauce?

Answer: Tahini, also called tahina in some countries, is a paste made from ground sesame seeds. It is found in recipes such as hummus.

Tahini sauce is a sauce made with tahini. A good example of a tahini sauce would be the tahini sauce used for falafel pitas.

You can tell the difference between tahini and tahini sauce by the thickness. Tahini is usually quite thick, while tahini sauce is thin and can easily be "squirted" onto sandwiches and other foods.

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