I have been wanting to make falafels for sometime now, but I have not found the time or patience. Recently, I stumbled upon what I thought was the perfect looking falafel recipe. Now, that I had the falafels, I needed tzatziki sauce to go with it. Conventional tzatziki sauce is made with yogurt or sour cream, and those are 2 ingredients I am not interested in using, especially since vegan alternatives are mostly made with soy. I don’t really do soy. I thought I could replace the “cream” part with cashews and water. I found different tzatziki recipes, and they all were pretty much the same. I just subbed the yogurt for cashews and water. Surprisingly after a few tries, it tasted really great! I have been using it to dip veggies in for the last week. Incase you were wondering, the falafels turned out very good, and they tasted devine with the raw tzatziki sauce.
Give it a try, and let me know what your taste buds think. Do you have any favorite dip recipes or tzatziki recipes to share?
Raw Tzatiki Sauce
Yields: about 2 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup of cashews, soaked for 2-4 hours
- 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of water
- 1 Tbsp of dried dill, more to taste if needed
- 1 Tbsp of olive oil
- 2 Tbsp of lemon juice, about 1/2 lemon
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1 cup of grated cucumber
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Place all the ingredients, except for the cucumber in a high powered blender, and blend until creamy.
- Grate the cucumbers, and strain the juice off.
- Add the grated cucumber to the cashew mixture, and pulse 2-3 times to incorporate it together. You still want it to be a bit chunky.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add more dill, if needed.
- Store in the fridge up to an hour so all the flavors come together.
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That looks really good Stephanie. I’m impressed that you made falafel and the tzatziki sauce. I love falafel, but have never attempted to make it.
Thanks, L! If you try it, let me know what you think!
Oh YUM! We make falafel all the time but I’ve never tried the tzatziki sauce … this one looks great! One question … do you think that one could get away without the oil? We’ve stopped using liquid oils. What do you think?
Cyndi, I think it would be fie without the oil. Let me know if you try it!
yes, i’ve made this with my cashew yogurt as the base. very similar. will try yours next!
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Thank you so much for sharing this with Delicious Dish Tuesday. My mom can’t eat dairy so I am so excited to try this for her! I have featured you as my favorite recipe this week
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