I love making homemade dips and sauces! I find them SO much more flavorful than the store bought ones. The other day I made some baked falafels I bought from Trader Joe’s and I wanted some tasty tahini sauce to serve them with. This is the dip I came up with. It would also be delicious to serve some taboulli salad with your tahini dip and falafels as well.
photo from WhatsGoodAtTraderJoes
You can also use this as a spread for pita wraps/sandwiches, to dip pita in, crackers, veggies, chips, etc. It tastes a little like hummus but without the chickpeas.
Tahini Dip For Falafels
Serves 4
Ingredients:
1/2 cup tahini
1/2 cup water
2 cloves of garlic
3-4 tbsp lemon juice
salt & pepper to taste
Directions:
1. Combine ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth and creamy. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Serve with falafel, veggies or pita.
Have you ever had tahini dip before? What do you like to serve it with?
Looks amazing but I’m confused how this dip belongs on a low fat recipe website. This would be an extremely high-fat dip just like the cashew dip featured on this website. I’m searching for creamy low fat dips. Any idea where to find those recipes? Thank you.
Mindy, I do not stipulate all recipes are fat free. I take many recipes and significantly reduce the amount of fat in them. It is extremely difficult to get a creamy “no fat/low fat” recipe because creaminess is a characteristic of foods that contain a lot of fat. So I have reduced the amount of fat in a typical tahini sauce recipe, by removing the oil and increasing the water and reducing the amount of tahini used.
Is there oil in the TJ’s frozen falafels?
I’m sure there’s oil in every packaged falafel.
I love homemade tahini. I make mine the same way, but I love to add fresh parsley to mine! The TJs frozen falafels are really good, aren’t they?