Some tzatziki recipes use dill, some mint, some both. This dairy-free tzatziki has combines just fresh mint with the cucumbers, garlic, lemon juice and non-dairy yogurt for a fresh-tasting vegan condiment. It’s perfect for falafels, but can also be used as a dip of veggie burger sauce.
Special Diet Notes and Option: Dairy-Free Tzatziki
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, optionally soy-free, vegan, and vegetarian. Just use caution when selecting your yogurt. We like this dairy-free tzatziki made with unsweetened plain coconut milk yogurt.
Dairy-Free Tzatziki with Fresh Mint
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Recipe shared with us by Jackie of the Vegan Diet, originally created by Jolinda Hackett, Your Guide to Vegetarian Cuisine at About.com. Note that the prep time does not including chilling.
Author: Jolinda Hackett
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain or unsweetened dairy-free yogurt
- 2 cucumbers, diced small
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Dash salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped mint leaves
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Whisk all ingredients together in a medium bowl until thoroughly combined.
- Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.
6 Comments
Made this tonight with almond yogurt (could not find plain coconut yogurt) and it was excellent! Even my non vegan friends were raving about it. Thank you for the recipe!
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing your feedback on the recipe Sarah.
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We made this tonight. It was great! Do you think it would work to freeze the leftovers?
Sadly, I don’t think it would freeze well – the yogurt tends to get watery once frozen. Glad you like the recipe though!
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