Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah
A delicious salad with a beautiful combination of flavours and textures. Soft baby leaves, sweet baby tomatoes and mini peppers, tangy tahini sauce and crunchy, fragrant dukkah. A salad to satisfy the taste buds.
![Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah www.thefoodiecorner.gr – Photo description: A hand holding some mini sweet peppers in a linen napkin.](https://www.thefoodiecorner.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cherry-Tomato-and-Mini-Pepper-Green-Salad-with-Dukka-and-Tahini-Sauce-www.thefoodiecorner.gr-2-1-683x1024.jpg)
Back today with another contribution to the Love My Salad website. A gorgeous salad that I fell in love with at first test! I’m going to start off by saying this. Please please don’t be put off by the long ingredient list. It’s incredibly easy and you can make most of it beforehand. Also the sauce and dukkah can be used for other dishes too. So stay with me!
![Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah www.thefoodiecorner.gr Photo description: mini peppers and cherry tomatoes on a linen napkin. To the side is a knife with a wooden handle.](https://www.thefoodiecorner.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cherry-Tomato-and-Mini-Pepper-Green-Salad-with-Dukka-and-Tahini-Sauce-www.thefoodiecorner.gr-3-1.jpg)
![Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah www.thefoodiecorner.gr Photo description: A large ceramic dish with green salad leaves and a chopping board with mini sweet peppers and baby plum tomatoes.](https://www.thefoodiecorner.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cherry-Tomato-and-Mini-Pepper-Green-Salad-with-Dukka-and-Tahini-Sauce-www.thefoodiecorner.gr-4-1-683x1024.jpg)
The base of the salad is a mix of deliciously tender baby leaves; I used spinach, rocket (arugula) and lettuce but you can use baby beetroot leaves and baby mustard leaves too (I tried these recently and they are so good). Then I added cherry tomatoes, the multi-coloured kind, and some baby plum tomatoes too, sweet and juicy. And finally, the stars of the show, mini sweet peppers. Are they not absolutely gorgeous? I love bell peppers and these are just amazingly fresh and crunchy. Perfect for a spring salad.
![Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah www.thefoodiecorner.gr Photo description: a chopping board with sliced mini pepper and a knife. Around the chopping board are some baby tomatoes, mini peppers, a plate of dukkah and a jug of sauce.](https://www.thefoodiecorner.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cherry-Tomato-and-Mini-Pepper-Green-Salad-with-Dukka-and-Tahini-Sauce-www.thefoodiecorner.gr-5-1.jpg)
![Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah www.thefoodiecorner.gr Photo description: A large dish with salad sitting on a linen napkin. To the top is a small plate of dukkah and a small jug of tahini sauce.](https://www.thefoodiecorner.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cherry-Tomato-and-Mini-Pepper-Green-Salad-with-Dukka-and-Tahini-Sauce-www.thefoodiecorner.gr-7-1-683x1024.jpg)
I decided to pair the salad with a tahini sauce. It’s Lent here in Greece at the moment so many people are fasting, and tahini is used much more widely at this time. The sauce isn’t something I thought of myself, it’s a classic in Middle Eastern and also Cypriot cuisines, and you can find various recipes for it. Mine is fairly runny as it was made with the intention of dressing a salad. You can play with the ratios if you want to change the consistency. Sometimes this sauce is served as a dip for example, so it would be good to make it thicker in that case. I’ve used powdered garlic instead of garlic cloves because I prefer a less intense flavour. Feel free to use half a garlic clove or so for something stronger. Be careful it doesn’t overpower all the other elements of the dish though.
![Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah www.thefoodiecorner.gr Photo description: side view of a large dish with salad and hand pouring sauce over the top.](https://www.thefoodiecorner.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cherry-Tomato-and-Mini-Pepper-Green-Salad-with-Dukka-and-Tahini-Sauce-www.thefoodiecorner.gr-8-1-683x1024.jpg)
Finally, the dukkah. Dukkah, where have you been all my life? This amazing mix of nuts, seeds and spices is the perfect accompaniment to salad. Of course it has other brilliant ways it can be used but wow, the subtle flavour and the interesting texture it provides to salad is just gorgeous. You really must give it a go! As always, if you try a recipe of mine I would love to see it, so don’t forget to snap a pic and tag me on Instagram (@thefoodiecorner & #thefoodiecorner) so I can find it!
![Cherry Tomato and Mini Sweet Pepper Green Salad with Tahini Sauce and Dukkah www.thefoodiecorner.gr Photo description: a large ceramic dish full of salad, the sliced peppers arranged on top of the leaves in a pretty pattern. The salad has been sprinkled with dukkah and drizzled with tahini sauce. To the top of the photo a small plate of dukkah with a spoon in it, a small ceramic jug with sauce and a plate with wooden salad spoons on it.](https://www.thefoodiecorner.gr/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cherry-Tomato-and-Mini-Pepper-Green-Salad-with-Dukka-and-Tahini-Sauce-www.thefoodiecorner.gr-9-1-683x1024.jpg)
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