Ingredients:
White sesame seeds 2 cups
Olive oil 1\/4th cup -\u00bd cup
Salt to taste

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Set a pan on medium heat, add the white sesame seeds and toast them until they release their aroma and the colour changes slightly. Make sure not to over toast the seeds.

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Immediately transfer the toasted sesame seeds in a blending jar and blend while the sesame seeds are warm, while the blending process, the sesame seeds will leave their own oil as they are warm and it will turn into thick paste.

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Further add 1\/4th - \u00bd cup olive oil gradually to make a semi thick fine paste. The quantity of olive oil may differ on your mixer grinder.

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Once the paste is made, season with salt and blend again.

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Homemade Tahini is ready! Cool down to room temperature and store in an airtight container, refrigerate in the fridge, it stays good for about a month.

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Ingredients:
Chickpeas 1 cups (soak for 7-8 hours)
Salt to taste
Ice cubes 1-2 nos.
Garlic 2-3 cloves
Homemade Tahini paste 1\/3rd cup
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Olive oil 2 tbsp

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Wash the chickpea and soak for 7-8 hours or overnight. After soaking, drain the water.

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Transfer the soaked chickpea in a pressure cooker, along with it, add salt to taste and fill water up to 1 inch above the chickpea surface.

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Pressure cook the chickpea for 3-4 whistles on medium heat.

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After the Whistles, switch off the flame and let the cooker depressurize naturally to open the lid.

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The chickpea should be completely cooked.

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Strain the chickpea and reserve the water for later use and allow the cooked chickpea to cool down.

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Further, transfer the cooked chickpea in a blending jar, and further add 1 cup of reserved chickpea water, ice cubes and garlic cloves, grind to a fine paste while adding additional 1- 1.5 cup reserved chickpea water, add the water gradually while grinding.

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Further, add homemade Tahini paste, salt to taste, lemon juice and olive oil, blend the mixture again until it's smooth in texture.

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Hummus is ready, refrigerate until it's used.

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Ingredients:
Chickpeas (Kabuli chana) 1 cup
Onions \u00bd cup (diced)
Garlic 6-7 cloves
Green chillies 2-3 nos.
Parsley 1 cup packed
Fresh coriander \u00bd cup packed
Fresh mint few sprigs
Spring onions greens 1\/3rd cup
Jeera powder 1 tbsp
Dhaniya powder 1 tbsp
Lal mirch powder 1 tbsp
Salt to taste
Black pepper a pinch
Olive oil 1-2 tbsp
Sesame seeds 1-2 tbsp
Flour 2-3 tbsp
Oil for frying

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Wash the chickpea and soak for 7-8 hours or overnight. After soaking, drain the water and transfer in a food processor.

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Further add the remaining ingredients (until sesame seeds) and blend using a pulse mode. Make sure to grind in intervals and not continuously.

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Open the jar lid and scrap the sides to grind the mixture evenly into a coarse mixture.

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Add olive oil gradually while blending.

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Make sure the mixture should neither be too coarse nor too pasty.

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If in case you do not have a food processor use a mixer grinder and blend the mixture, make sure to do it in batches to ease the work and make sure to keep the mixture coarse and not pasty.

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Once the mixture is grinded coarsely add flour and sesame seeds, mix well and refrigerate for 2-3 hours. While it's resting you can make other components of the recipe.

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After the rest in the refrigerator add, remove and add 1 TSP of baking soda and mix well.

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Dip your fingers in cold water and take a spoonful of mixture and shape into tikki.

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Set a wok on medium heat and heat oil for frying, fry the tikki in hot oil on medium heat until it's crisp and golden brown. Fry all the tikkis in the same way.

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Ingredients:
Fresh lettuce \u00bd cup
Tomatoes \u00bd cup
Onions \u00bd cup
Cucumber \u00bd cup
Fresh coriander \u2153 cup
Lemon juice 2 TSP
Salt to taste
Black pepper a pinch
Olive oil 1 TSP

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Add all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well, refrigerate until it's served.

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Ingredients:
Pita bread
Hummus
Fried falafel
Salad
Garlic sauce
Hot sauce

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Spread efficient amount of hummus over the pita bread, place the fried falafel, salad and drizzle some garlic dip and hot dip. Roll and serve immediately.

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Ingredients:
Hummus
Fried falafel
Salad
Pita bread

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Spread a portion full of hummus in a bowl, place the salad, some fried falafel, drizzle some garlic dip and hot dip, place some pita bread aside, add some olive oil and olives and sprinkle some red chilli powder over the hummus. Serve immediately.