Tahini Tahini Tahini (also tahina ; , , also known as Tehina Hebrew: טחינה, Ardeh Persian: ارده), is a condiment made from toasted ground hulled sesame. Tahini is served as a dip on its own or as a major component of hummus, baba ghanoush, and halva. Tahini is used in the cuisines of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, and the Middle East, as well as parts of North Africa. It is also used in Chinese and Southeast Asian cuisine. Tahini is a loanword from , or more accurately ' , is derived from the root ' which as a verb ""
Red bean paste (), applies to red bean paste when used without qualifiers, although "hóngdòushā" () explicitly means "red bean paste." In Korean, "pat" (, ""V. angularis"") contrasts with "kong" (, "bean"), rather than being considered a type of it. "Kong" ("beans") without qualifiers usually means soybeans. As "so" () means "filling", the word "patso" () means ""pat" filling", with unsweetened dark-red paste as its prototype. "Dan" (, "sweet") attached to "patso" makes "danpat-so" (), the sweetened red bean paste, which is often called "danpat" (; "sweet "pat""). "Geopi" (, "hulled, skinned, peeled, shelled, etc.") attached to "pat" makes "geopipat" (), the dehulled