DANDELION WITH TAHINI

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Category: Appetizer - (622)
Origin: Palestine
Source: Wafa Shami

Vegan side dish with a tangy Tahini Dressing. Dandelions are one of those vegetables that appear in late winter beginning of spring. It’s a leafy green vegetable that has a bit of a bitter taste. Servings: 3

Ingredients:

- 2 bunches of dandelion cut and washed
- 4-6 cups of boiled water (or enough to cover dandelion)

TAHINI DRESSING

- 4 tablespoons tahini (sesame oil)
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 lemon juice (adjust to taste)
- salt

Preparation:

- Chop dandelion and wash well, place it in a pot and cover with boiled water. Keep pot uncovered.
- Once it starts boiling, turn the heat on medium and let it boil for about 20 minutes.
- Drain the water out and place dandelion on a strainer until it’s cooled off.
- Squeeze water out of dandelion with your hands.
- Pour tahini sauce over the cooked dandelion and mix well.

TAHINI

Add water to tahini and keep stirring, until the mix turns into a liquid pasty, it will look more like a thick dressing, then add lemon and salt.

Serve as a side dish or with khubz (Arabic bread).