This is the follow up to my Falafel recipe – no falafel meal is complete without the right sauces! Here’s a short 5 min recipe to get both these delicious sauces ready while your falafels are baking. You can of course use these sauces as dressing on salads !
Tahini Sauce
INGREDIENTS
1 cup Toasted Sesame Seeds
2-3 tbsp Olive Oil
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Greek Yogurt
1/2 Lime – juiced
DIRECTIONS
First add the Toasted sesame seeds in a food processor and grind it
Add 2-3 tbsp of olive oil and blend till it resembles almond or peanut butter in consistency
Scoop it out in a bowl
Add yogurt and lime and mix it – and DONE!
Pour into a mason jar and store in freezer or add on your falafels!
TZATZIKI SAUCE
INGREDIENTS
1 full cucumber – grated
2 cup greek yogurt
2 tbsp Olive oil
2 tsp salt
2 cloves of Garlic (chopped)
Cilantro or Dill (for garnish)
DIRECTIONS
Grate the cucumber
Place it in a colander and squeeze out all the water (use paper towels to dry it out)
Mix the cucumber, yogurt, salt & garlic
Garnish with Cilantro
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