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Cucumber Salad with Tahini-Yogurt Sauce

URL: https://alexandracooks.com/2016/07/29/cucumber-salad-tahini-yogurt-sauce/

Ingredients

The salad

  • 2 to 3 cucumbers peeled cucumbers
  • ¾ teaspoon kosher salt

The sauce

  • ¼ cup tahini paste
  • ¼ cup Greek yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon Greek yogurt
  • 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • to taste za’atar or sesame seeds or nice sea salt

Instructions

  1. Thinly slice the cucumbers into ribbons and place them in a colander.
  2. Sprinkle the cucumbers with ½ teaspoon of kosher salt and let them drain for about 15 minutes.
  3. In a bowl, combine tahini, yogurt, lemon juice, maple syrup, water, and the remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt to make the yogurt sauce.
  4. Smear some of the yogurt sauce on a plate, top with the cucumber ribbons, and season with za’atar, sesame seeds, or sea salt.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
2 to 4
Calories
200
Total fat
12g
Total carbohydrates
18g
Total protein
6g
Sodium
300mg
Cholesterol
5mg

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