A plate topped with slices of green cucumber and golden falafels

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Cucumber kefir and falafel salad

Name: Cucumber kefir and falafel salad
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ready-made falafels 10-12; cucumber 1 medium; shallots 1 echalion or 2 round, thinly sliced; avocado ½; pittas to serve, warmed; kefir 150ml; limes 2, juiced; garlic ½ a clove, crushed; extra-virgin olive oil 2 tbsp; caster sugar ¼ tsp; dil chopped to make 1 tbsp, plus extra to serve; mint ½ a small bunch, leaves picked and chopped, plus extra to serve

20 minutes
serves 3
Easy

Drizzle your falafel, avocado and cucumber salad with a kefir, lime, garlic, dill and mint dressing. It's a great way to use up any leftover homemade kefir!

By Sarah Cook

January 14, 2020 at 11:00 am

Ingredients

ready-made falafels 10-12
cucumber 1 medium
shallots 1 echalion or 2 round, thinly sliced
avocado ½
pittas to serve, warmed

DRESSING

kefir 150ml
limes 2, juiced
garlic ½ a clove, crushed
extra-virgin olive oil 2 tbsp
caster sugar ¼ tsp
dil chopped to make 1 tbsp, plus extra to serve
mint ½ a small bunch, leaves picked and chopped, plus extra to serve

Method

Step 1

Cook the falafels following pack instructions. While they bake, whisk together all the dressing ingredients with some seasoning in a large bowl. Halve the cucumber lengthways, then use a small teaspoon to scrape out the watery seeds from the middle. Discard – or they’re good as a garnish for cold water. Slice both halves into moon-shaped slices and tip into the dressing with the sliced shallot. Toss together.
Step 2

When the falafels are ready, divide the salad between plates and scatter over a little more mint and dill. Stone and dice the avocado and scatter over, followed by some black pepper and the falafels. Eat with warm pittas, if you like.