LauraF Recipe ⊶ Air-Fried Carrots with Tahini-Lemon Sauce

A simple appetizer or side dish with Middle Eastern flair. The tahini-lemon sauce would be good with almost any vegetable! This recipe can easily be doubled, but you'll want to cook the carrots in 2 batches to avoid overcrowding the basket.

Ingredients

• 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into sticks
• 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
• ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
• ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 ½ tablespoons plain yogurt
• 1 tablespoon tahini
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 pinch garlic powder
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• 1 pinch Aleppo pepper

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the air fryer to 390 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. Toss carrot sticks with oil, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Transfer to the air fryer basket and set timer for 5 minutes. Shake the basket and continue cooking until carrots are tender and starting to brown, about 5 minutes more.
3. Meanwhile, whisk yogurt, tahini, lemon juice, garlic, and cayenne in a small bowl. Season with salt.
4. Plate carrots and drizzle the sauce on top. Garnish with parsley and aleppo flakes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories163.9
• carbohydrateContent14.4 g
• cholesterolContent0.7 mg
• fatContent11.5 g
• fiberContent4.2 g
• proteinContent3.2 g
• saturatedFatContent1.4 g
• sodiumContent170.7 mg
• sugarContent6.4 g