Falafel Spice Lentil Salad Sandwich with lemony tahini dressing. Lentils spiced with falafel spices & pickles, serve in sandwich or pita bread. Vegan Soyfree Recipe. Can be made gluten-free with a gluten-free wrap or bread.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 2
  • Category: Sandwich
  • Cuisine: fusion

Ingredients

For the Lemon Tahini dressing:

  • 3 tbsp tahini
  • 1.5 tbsp or more lemon or lime juice
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp dried parsley (or dried dill)
  • 1 to 2 tbsp water
  • a dash of salt

For the lentil salad

  • 1.5 cups cooked lentils (brown lentils or Indian brown lentils, or use cooked chickpeas or split yellow peas for variation)
  • 1 tbsp lemon tahini dressing from above (or use 1 tbsp tahini)
  • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
  • 2 tbsp chopped cucumber or dlll pickle
  • 1 clove of garlic minced (optional)
  • 1 to 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup packed chopped cilantro
  • 2 tbsp chopped parsley
  • 1/2 green chili or jalapeno finely chopped (or use cayenne to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin (preferably ground roasted cumin)
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • a very generous dash of cayenne and black pepper
  • 1/3 to 1/2 tsp salt or to taste

Other:

  • Multi-grain Sandwich Bread
  • Cucumber or dill pickle
  • Baby Greens or sprouts or choice

Method

  1. Mix everything under lemon tahini dressing until it is a spreadable thick mixture. Taste and adjust tang and salt.
  2. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients for the lentil salad. Taste and adjust salt, lemon and spice. Mash some of the lentils. (If using chickpeas or other larger cooked beans/lentils, process half of the larger beans with the spices, tahini and lemon juice in a processor. Mix with the rest in a bowl. Mash more if needed.)
  3. To make the sandwich, lightly toast the bread (optional). Slather one slice generously with the lemon tahini dressing.
  4. On the other slice, layer greens, cucumber/pickle and the lentil salad. Add other layers of choice like roasted veggies or sprouts.
  5. Place the dressing slice on the sandwich, serve!

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.