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Falafel Salad

By Saad Fayed, About.com

If you are a fan of falafel, you will love this salad. It has falafel and all of your favorite veggies. Don't forget the tahini and falafel hot sauce!

Yields 2 large salads.

Ingredients:

  • 5-10 small falalfel rounds (can be homemade or from a falafel mix)
  • Romaine lettuce
  • 1 cucumber. diced
  • 1 small tomato, diced
  • tahini sauce (recipe below)
  • falafel hot sauce (recipe below) - optional

Preparation:

Falafel Recipe: You can either make a falafel recipe or use a falafel mix. Both are completely acceptable.

Tahini Sauce: Tahini sauce is a sauce made from a sesame seed past. You can prepare your own with this tahini recipe or buy it from a Middle Eastern grocer or natural food store.

Falafel Hot Sauce: This is optional but will definitely give your falafel a kick! Falafel hot sauce recipe.

Prepare falafel, but do not fry yet.

Chop and rinse vegetables. Toss together. Allow to dry on a paper towel for a few minutes, while you fry your falafel.

Fry falafel and allow to drain on paper towel. Lay a bed of lettuce/veggies on each serving plate. Add desired amount of falafel rounds on top of lettuce. Sprinkle with tahini and falafel hot sauce.

Enjoy!

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