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Vegan Tzatziki! A cool refreshing greek cucumber yogurt sauce. Perfect dressing for gyros or any Mediterranean dish. Easy healthy whole food ingredients. Ready in 10 minutes! It makes a delicious veggie dip! Gluten-free, Nut-free, oil-free, no tofu.
Ahh yes tzatziki! It is a must have condiment for so many greek recipes! And you’re in luck because I have a simple homemade dairy free version for you! Yup easy vegan tzatziki!
I have been making tzatziki sauce for years an vegenizing my recipe was a breeze I basically just switched out greek yogurt for non dairy coconut yogurt (not sour cream!) It’s ready in no time! No cashews or tofu needed! You'll love it with my Vegan Gyros, mmm! and it can be enjoyed all year round, February, March or December -anytime!
What are the ingredients in vegan tzatziki?
Super simple ingredients folks! They are plant based dairy free coconut yogurt, grated cucumbers, lemon juice, dill pickle juice! - say what? Trust me its good! Fresh garlic, salt and pepper, pinch of granulated onion and garlic and an optional splash of vegan Worcestershire sauce (really good too if you have some kicking around in your fridge)
How do you make Vegan Tzatziki?
First grate a long English cucumber and place in a strainer over a bowl. Grab a handful at a time and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Add to a medium mixing bowl as you go. No need for a food processor!
Add remaining ingredients and mix everything together. Season with more salt and pepper to taste if necessary and or lemon juice if needed for more zip. Drizzle with olive oil and some fresh chopped dill if you like. Serve right away or refrigerate for later to let the flavours meld and to thicken more. For full recipe ingredients and instructions see recipe card below.
Where can you buy dairy free yogurt for tzatziki?
A lot of grocery stores carry different brands of dairy free yogurt now. I usually buy mine at Walmart. Look for non dairy greek yogurt! The creamier the yogurt the better the tztaziki sauce!
What vegetarian recipes go well with tzatziki sauce?
- Vegan greek gyros
- falafels
- Shwarmas
- Naan, pitas or any flatbread
- Mediterranean orzo salad
- Buddha bowls
- Veggie plate
- Seitan meats
OK GUYS LET'S MAKE VEGAN TZATZIKI, IT'S:
simple
paleo
creamy
garlicy
fresh
great condiment for greek food!
Enjoy guys! Happy day to you! feel free to leave a comment and a rating below. I would love to hear from you.
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10 Minute Vegan Tzatziki Recipe (Gyro Sauce)
- Author: Verna
- Total Time: 10 Minutes
- Yield: 6-8 Servings 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
Vegan Tzatziki! A cool refreshing greek cucumber yogurt sauce. Perfect dressing for gyros or any mediterranean dish. Easy healthy whole food ingredients. Ready in 10 minutes! Makes a delicious veggie dip! Gluten free, Nut free, oil free, no tofu.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ long English cucumber, grated
- 1 and ½ cups unsweetened non dairy plain yogurt, I use cultured coconut yogurt
- 1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
- 1-2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- ½ tablespoon dill pickle juice
- ½-1 teaspoon vegan Worecestershire sauce (optional but tasty if you have it!)
- 1 and ½ teaspoons dried dill or 1 tablespoon or so of fresh chopped dill
- ¼ teaspoon each granulated garlic and onion
- ¼ teaspoon salt (plus more to taste at end if needed)
- pinch of black pepper
Optional for serving:
- drizzle of olive oil
- cracked black pepper
- fresh chopped dill
Instructions
- First grate the cucumber and place in astrainerover a bowl. Grab a handful at a time and squeeze out as much liquid as you can. Add to amedium mixing bowlas you go. No need for a food processor!
- Add remaining ingredients and mix everything together. Season with more salt and pepper to taste if necessary and or lemon juice if needed for more zip. Drizzle with olive oil and some fresh chopped dill if you like. Serve right away or refrigerate for later to let the flavours meld and to thicken more. For step by step photos see above post.
- Enjoy the tzatziki with Vegan Gyros, Falafels, Shwarmas, or as a dip with veggies, naan or pita! and many more greek dishes!
Notes
- I find 1 clove of garlic plenty but if you want more of a garlic hit add more!
- adjust lemon juice if you like more of a zip to your sauce
- The creamier the yogurt the better the tztaziki sauce! so if you can find a dairy free greek yogurt all the better!
- stay tuned my Vegan Gyros with grilled tofu coming up next, in a couple of days, mmm❤️
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Category: Sauces & Dressings, 30 Minute Vegan Recipes,
- Method: mixing bowl
- Cuisine: Greek
Keywords: vegan tzatziki, dairy free tzatziki, vegan dips, dairy free appetizer, dairy free dips,
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Heather G
Just made this and looooved it! Used three cloves garlic, added fresh and dried dill and had to use almond milk yogurt as that was the only plain non-dairy yogurt I could find at three grocery stores. I printed this out to go in my family recipe book! There were so many generic recipes out there, glad I found yours!
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Verna
Thrilled you enjoyed it Heather, thank you so much for the wonderful feedback!!
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