Falafel Plate (with Hummus and Tahini Sauce)
A beautiful falafel plate with homemade hummus and falafel, vegetables, olives, feta, tahini sauce, and pita. Delicious and easy to pull together mezze platter to satisfy your Middle Eastern food cravings.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 12 falafels Note 1
- 1 cup hummus 250 g
- 1 cup tahini sauce 250 g
- 1 cup feta 200 g, Note 2
- 4 small tomatoes sliced, Note 3
- ½ cucumber sliced
- 1 large red bell pepper sliced
- 1 red onion sliced
- 20 black olives Note 4
- a few sprigs of parsley basil, mint, or cilantro
- 2-3 thin flatbreads pita
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- sprinkle of Nigella or sesame seeds
- a few lemon slices
- fine sea salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Make falafel, hummus, and tahini sauce.
- Place both dips and the crumbled feta into small bowls and the bowls on the platter.
- Slice all the vegetables.
- Bread: Heat the bread in a large pan on medium heat or in the preheated oven on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Depending on how thick the bread is, this will take 5 to 10 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius). Cut into wedges.
- Arrange all the ingredients around the dip bowls on the plate.
- Drizzle the fresh veggies with 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil and a few drops of lemon juice, and sprinkle them with salt and pepper.
- Drizzle everything with a bit of tahini sauce and sprinkle with seeds.
Notes
- Homemade or bought.
- Buy a block of feta and crumble the cheese yourself.
- I don’t mean cherry tomatoes; if using those, you will need about 3-4 per person.
- Olives with pit inside taste better, but warn the people eating about the pit.