Tarator (Arabic: طراطور), sometimes called tahinia sauce, is a nut- or tahini- based sauce made with lemon juice and garlic that is found in Middle Eastern cuisine and usually served next to fish, falafel, or beef shawarma.

It is different from tarator in Balkan cuisine, which is a yoghurt-based cucumber soup similar to tzatziki.

In Lebanese cuisine, tarator (Arabic: طراطور) is a sauce made from tahini, lemon juice, ground garlic, salt, and water.

In Turkish cuisine, tarator is a sauce made from walnuts, bread, lemon juice or vinegar, ground garlic, and olive oil.

[7] There are also recipes of tarator sauce in Turkey that include yoghurt, or mayo.