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Cucumber Tomato Tahini Salad

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By: Diana Posted: 8/22/18 Updated: 5/20/21

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A simple tahini salad that requires very simple ingredients. It can be served as a salad, or as a sandwich filling. Great when paired with falafel in a wrap or a burger! I also included the recipe on how to make your own lemon tahini dressing.

Tahini salad served on a wooden bowl put on a wooden tray

Tahini salad is a Middle Eastern thing. If you visit the Middle East, you will find this in all the restaurants. In Jordan, Tahini salad means tomato salad with a lemon tahini dressing.

The salad is very simple, but it’s well-loved in the region and sometimes it’s eaten on its own with some pita bread. It’s usually added to falafel sandwiches made with pita bread, so if you go to any falafel shop in Jordan and order a sandwich they will put some tahini salad in your sandwich. I also make this tahini salad to add to my chickpea falafel burger recipe as a topping. It’s naturally vegan and so delicious!

As I’m making this tahini salad to add to my falafel burgers or falafel sandwiches, I like to keep the tahini dressing a bit thick to make it easier to eat and for things not to get so messy. However, if I was to serve this salad on its own with some pita bread then I will add more cold water to the lemon tahini dressing, give it a good mix and make it more watery. If you would like to eat this salad with some bread, you will basically dip the bread in the tahini dressing and scoop out the salad with it. Yes, it’s eaten with hands!

TAHINI SALAD INGREDIENTS

You need very simple ingredients to make this Middle Eastern tahini salad.

  • Tomato, and cucumber.
  • Tahini – sesame paste.
  • Lemon juice and cold water.
  • Ground black pepper, and salt.
  • Parsley for garnish.
Tahini salad ingredients

HOW TO MAKE TAHINI DRESSING

Tahini salad dressing is probably my favourite kind of dressing. It goes very well with many different salads and I absolutely love the flavour of tahini when paired with lemon and salt.

To make a tahini dressing, you will need tahini paste, lemon juice, salt, and ground black pepper. Black pepper is optional, and you will also need some ice cold water.

lemon tahini dressing in a white bowl

In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together. The tahini mixture will become watery, then it will shrink, and then again it will become a bit loose while you mix. If your tahini dressing is too thick, add a little bit of cold water and mix again.

This tahini dressing goes very well with kale quinoa salad, roasted cauliflower salad or a simple chickpea salad. I also like to drizzle it over falafel bowls.

MIDDLE EASTERN TAHINI SALAD

To make the salad, chop tomato and cucumber (the cucumber is optional). Then add in the tahini dressing and give the salad a good mix. As you can see in the pictures, the tahini dressing looks thin but you will only notice this when you mix the dressing with the tomatoes. Because of the juice of the tomatoes, the tahini dressing will be easy to mix in.

Cucumber Tomato Tahini SaladTahini salad served on a wooden bowl put on a wooden tray

If you’re making this tahini dressing to add to a different kind of salad, then just add more cold water and mix until you reach the desired consistency.

Tahini salad served on a wooden bowl put on a wooden tray, overhead shot

If you like tahini as much as I do, then give this aubergine/eggplant dip a try, it’s called Mutabbal and it’s one of my all-time favourite dishes.

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Tahini Salad

Prep Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
Author: Diana
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A Middle Eastern salad drizzled with lemon tahini dressing.
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A Middle Eastern salad drizzled with lemon tahini dressing.

Ingredients

For the salad:

  • 3 tomatoes
  • 1 cucumber optional
  • ½ tablespoon parsley chopped

for the tahini dressing:

  • 2 tablespoons tahini paste
  • 2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoons water cold
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

To make the tahini dressing

  • In a bowl, mix all the ingredients together. The tahini mixture will become watery, then it will shrink, and then again it will become a bit loose while you mix. If your tahini dressing is too thick, add a little bit of cold water and mix again. Adjust ingredients to your liking.

To make the salad

  • Chop the tomatoes and the cucumber into cubes. Add the tahini dressing and mix the salad.
  • Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve.

Notes:

  • If you’re making this tahini salad to add to a falafel burger or wrap, then make sure that your tahini dressing is not too watery.
  • If you’re making this tahini salad to serve on its own with bread, then add a little bit more water to make the tahini a bit watery and perfect for dipping.
  • You will end up with around 80ml of dressing.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 148kcal, Carbohydrates: 16g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 8g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 600mg, Potassium: 747mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 1725IU, Vitamin C: 46.3mg, Calcium: 68mg, Iron: 1.7mg

This website provides approximate nutrition information for convenience and as a courtesy only. Nutrition data is gathered primarily from the USDA Food Composition Database, whenever available, or otherwise other online calculators.

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  1. Selden says

    Posted on 7/5/21 at 22:09

    5 stars
    Terrific! A friend posted a photo of his lunch at Jerusalem Bakery in Roswell, GA, and I asked what this was. I just made up a batch. As always, adjust portions to taste. I added a little more tahini and salt. It’s OMG delicious. I can’t believe that after 50 years of M.E. cooking, I hadn’t run into tahini salad before.

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  2. Emily J says

    Posted on 11/10/20 at 01:29

    5 stars
    My husband said, This was a good dressing. I agree! A nice change from vinaigrette. It went really well with our garden fresh tomatoes and parsley.

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  3. Leisa Marie Mounts says

    Posted on 4/4/19 at 19:07

    5 stars
    Lovely and easy!

    Reply
  4. Margaret Gallagher says

    Posted on 10/21/18 at 14:06

    5 stars
    So easy to make – 100% big on taste and flavour

    Reply
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