Title: Taratoor ii (sesame sauce)
 Categories: Sauces, Middle east, Dips
      Yield: 1 1 1/2 cups
 
      3 md Garlic cloves, chopped
      1 c  Tahini paste
      1 c  Cold water
    1/2 c  Lemon juice
      1 ts Salt
 
  In a deep bowl, mash the garlic to a paste with a pestle or the back
  of a large spoon.  Stir in the tahina. then, with a whisk of spoon,
  beat in 1/2 cup of the cold water, the lemon juice, and salt. Still
  beating, add up to 1/2 cup more of water, 1 tablespoon at a time,
  until the sauce has the consistency of thick mayonnaise and holds its
  shape almost solidly in a spoon.  Taste for seasoning. Taratoor can
  be served as a sauce with baked fish or fried cauliflower, and is
  used as an ingredient in hummus and baba ghannooj.