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

In Levantine cuisine, tarator (Template:Lang-ar) is a sauce made from tahini, lemon juice, ground garlic, salt, and water.^[1]^[2] It is often served with falafels or beef shawarma.

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.

^ Bishara, Rawia; Bishara, Jumana (2018). Levant: New Middle Eastern Flavours. London: Octopus. ISBN 978-0-85783-551-2.
^ 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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 [[File:Falafels with tarator.jpg|thumb|Levantine tarator with [[falafel]]s]]
 [[File:Turkish tarator and fried squid.jpg|thumb|Turkish tarator with [[fried calamari]]]]
-'''Tarator''' in the Middle Eastern cuisine refers to [[nut (fruit)|nut]]- or [[tahini]]- based [[sauce]] made with [[lemon juice]] and [[garlic]], unlike the [[Balkan cuisine|Balkan]] [[tarator]] which is yoghurt-based cucumber soup.
+'''Tarator''' is a [[nut (fruit)|nut]]- or [[tahini]]- based [[sauce]] made with [[lemon juice]] and [[garlic]] that is found in [[Middle Eastern cuisine]]. In [[Balkan cuisine]], tarator is a yoghurt-based cucumber soup similar to [[tzatziki]].
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