How to prepare "Zaatar" | Lebanese thyme mix

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WHAT YOU NEED
  • 1 cup of ground and dried thyme flowers "Zaatar"
  • 1 cup of sesame seeds
  • 1/2 cup of ground and dried sumac
  • 2 tablespoon of fine salt
  • Olive oil as needed, see recipe
Put the Zaatar (thyme), sesame, sumac (sumach, sumak, soumak, sumaq) and salt in a bowl an mix well until obtaining a uniform mix of an olive green color as shown. That's it for now, keep your Zaatar in a tight glass jar and store it for later use.
Upon remembering the irresistible taste of the Lebanese Zaatar and willing to have some, put a small quantity of your Zaatar mix in a small bowl and add olive oil little by little until obtaining a thick liquid paste.
Spread it on top of your Labneh or favorite bread unless you'd like to bake a mankoushe (mankousheh)...
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