Tarator (sauce)

Tarator is a nut- or tahini- based sauce made with lemon juice and garlic that is found in Middle Eastern cuisine. It is different from tarator in Balkan cuisine, which is a yoghurt-based cucumber soup similar to tzatziki.

Levantine tarator with falafels
Turkish tarator with fried calamari

By region

Levant

In Levantine 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. It is often served with fried calamari.

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.
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