Tahini or tahina is a condiment made from toasted ground hulled sesame. Boiled Fish Kufta is cooked in a tomato, tahini or yogurt sauce. Tahini is used in sweet desserts like halva and halva with pistachios. Other ingredients include tahini and minced garlic. Meat dolmas are generally served warm, often with tahini or avgolemono sauce. Falafel is commonly accompanied by tahini. Tahini sauce is also a popular topping for meat and vegetables in Middle Eastern cuisine. Boyoz paste is a mixture of flour, sunflower oil and a small addition of tahini. It is used as a syrup or mixed with tahini for breakfast. The band also adopted several songs written by Karl Engelmann, Ali Baba's Tahini frontman. In Israel, tahini ( "t'hina") is a staple foodstuff. Tahini is called "ardeh" () in Persian. The word "tahini" appeared in English by the late 1930s.