Diced Vegetable Salad With Tahini Dressing

Enjoy this flavorful salad with falafel, barbecued meat, fried fish or spoon it into a pita pocket. The recipe can be found in The Arabian Nights Cookbook: From Lamb Kebabs to Baba Ghanouj, Delicious Homestyle Arabian cooking. I found the recipe in the Toronto Star.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 2  tomatoes, diced into 1/4 inch pieces
• 1  cucumber, peeled and diced into 1/4 inch pieces
• 4 -6  green onions, trimmed and finely chopped
• 2  tablespoons cilantro leaves, finely chopped
• 2  large garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄4 cup tahini
• 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 3  tablespoons water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1  large  pinch ground cardamom and cayenne pepper

Directions

1. Place tomato, cucumber, onion and cilantro in medium sized salad bowl.
2. Combine remaining ingredients in blender for 1 minute or whisk thoroughly.
3. Pour over vegetables and toss to combine.