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easy 5 minute tahini yogurt sauce served in a small black dip bowl with falafel
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5 minute tahini yogurt sauce

This sauce is just what you need for summer and for pretty much every get together. 5 minutes is all you need to whip up this creamy, nutty and tangy sauce that makes for a fantastic salad dressing as well.
Prep Time5 minutes
Course: Accompaniment, Dip
Cuisine: Middle eastern
Servings: 2.5 cups

Equipment

  • 1 set of measuring cups and spoons
  • 1 high speed blender

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Whole milk yogurt Please refer the blog post for more details.
  • 1/4 cup Tahini
  • 2 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp Ground cumin
  • 1 tbsp Freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 3/4 tsp Red paprika
  • 1/2 tsp Sea salt or to taste
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley

Instructions

  • To a blender jar, add 1/2 the yogurt, tahini ,garlic powder, ground cumin, red paprika, salt and lemon juice.
  • Blend till it is smooth.
  • Now, add the remaining yogurt and blend once again till the mixture is smooth and creamy.
  • When done, transfer to a bowl.
  • Stir in the finely chopped parsley and keep chilled until ready to serve.

Notes

  1. Tahini is a thick paste. This takes a while to blend well with other ingredients. For this reason, I recommend using a high speed blender. I made this sauce in my Ninja blender and it was done in less than a minute.
  2. The yogurt should not be too sour. Freshly set thick yogurt works best. Or you can also use Greek yogurt. I love Chobani's plain Greek yogurt. Recently, I made this sauce with the low fat Greek yogurt from Chobani and it was not disappointing at all.
  3. Do not add the parsley while blending the other ingredients. If the parsley is added while blending, the sauce will have a dominant parsley taste. Instead, add it at the end after the sauce has been blended.
  4. Keep this sauce chilled in the fridge until ready to serve. When left out in room temperature, it tends to water down and become sour since we add yogurt.

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Disclaimer

Nutrition values are provided here as a courtesy and are only a rough guide. Please consult a health care provider if you have any concerns.

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