Tarator

Name: Tarator
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 200g walnuts, soaked briefly; 2 slices stale bread, crusts removed; 3 cloves garlic; 100ml extra-virgin olive oil; 50ml lemon juice; 50ml cold water; salt to taste

A Turkish-Lebanese sauce made from walnuts and bread, blended until smooth and served cold alongside grilled fish.

Total time

10 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

0 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Middle Eastern

veganvegetarian

Ingredients

200gwalnuts, soaked briefly

2 slicesstale bread, crusts removed

3 clovesgarlic

100mlextra-virgin olive oil

50mllemon juice

50mlcold water

saltto taste

Instructions

Blend walnuts, bread, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and water until smooth.

Add more water if too thick — should be a thick pouring sauce.

Season well.

Serve chilled with fried fish or as a dip with crudités.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

536

Protein

7.8g

Fat

55.6g

Carbs

8.5g

Fiber

3.4g

Sodium

2mg

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