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Farro Salad with Za’atar Tahini Dressing

February 18, 2017 by Emily Brees 18 Comments - This post may contain affiliate links.

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This warm Farro Salad is mixed with baby arugula, sweet oven roasted carrots, bright beet hummus and a pistachio dukkah. Topped with a lemony za’atar tahini dressing to create a super healthy, vegan buddha bowl with TONS of flavor!

Farro Salad with Spiced Tahini Dressing

 

Bursting with flavors, I am positive this vegan buddha bowl will be your new favorite dish. It’s easily customizable with your favorite veggies and greens.

How to make this Farro Salad Buddha Bowl

You may be thinking there are a lot of parts to this recipe. You do have to build the ingredients to this bowl, but everything can be completed in 45 minutes while the farro cooks.

Tips for faster prep:

  1. Switch to a quicker cooking grain.
  2. Use store-bought hummus.
  3. Purchase pre-cooked beets.
  4. Crush up some roasted nuts instead of making the dukkah blend.

But I HIGHLY recommend what I’ve created here. It’s addicting – especially if you love farro.

Step 1: Cook farro according to package instructions.

The biggest flavors in this farro salad come from the tahini dressing and the dukkah. You’ll make both of these while the farro cooks.

Step 2: While the farro cooks, mix tahini dressing ingredients; set aside.

The tahini dressing is seasoned with the spice za’atar.

  • What is Za’atar?

    It’s a blend of thyme, marjoram and oregano, sumac and sesame seeds and has a lemony flavor.

Tahini Dressing

Step 3: Make the dukkah nutty topping.

Dukkah takes just a few minutes to toast and grind together. And you can use any nut you want. OR keep it super simple by purchasing a pre-made dukkah at Trader Joe’s.  OR simply this step by just roasting some nuts and crushing them as your topping.

  • What is dukkah?

    It’s a blend of nuts and spices that creates a flavorful + crunchy topping.

Farro Salad in bowl, close up

Step 4: Blend the Beet Hummus.

A big dollop of lemony beet hummus not only adds color to this farro bowl, it adds vegetarian protein – chickpeas!

Since I recently made a natural beet coloring for these super fun pink tortillas, I already had a bunch of cooked beets ready to go.

Some of the beets were sliced for an easy beet salad with citrus, but I saved one whole beet for this beet hummus. Double the beet hummus recipe if you have more than one cooked beet and use it for a salad or a healthy vegetarian wrap.

**If you want to sub your favorite store bought hummus – that works too!

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Farro Salad with Za'atar Tahini Dressing
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
45 mins
 

Greens, roasted carrots, and a scoop of beet hummus in a healthy farro bowl topped with lemony za'atar spiced tahini dressing.

Course: Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: farro salad, tahini dressing
Servings: 5
Calories: 500 kcal
Author: Emily Brees | OatandSesame
Ingredients
Za'atar Spiced Tahini Dressing
  • 1 tsp Za'atar
  • 1/2 cup tahini
  • 1/3 cup water adding more IF needed
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • Black pepper to taste
Dukkah
  • 1/2 cup shelled unsalted pistachios
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds
  • 2 Tbs sesame seeds
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
Beet Hummus
  • 1 small roasted beet
  • 15 oz can chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • 1 garlic clove minced
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • top with a few dashes za'atar
Farro, Carrots & Arugula
  • 1 cup dry farro (or any gluten free grain) yields 3.5 cups cooked
  • 2 lb carrots about 4 whole carrots per serving depending on size, cut into even strips
  • 1 Tbs olive oil
  • kosher salt and pepper
  • 5 oz baby arugula divided between bowls
Instructions
  1. Prepare the farro. Add farro and 2.25 cups of water to a saucepan. Add a pinch of kosher salt. Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to a simmer. Simmer 35 minutes, then remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes.
  2. While the farro is cooking, prepare the hummus, dukkah, tahini dressing and roasted carrots.
For the hummus:
  1. Add all ingredients to a Cuisinart. Blend until smooth and creamy. Set aside.
For the dukkah:
  1. Dry toast the sesame, cumin and coriander seeds in a pan over medium heat. Once it's slightly brown and fragrant (3-4 min), remove from pan. Add the pistachios to the pan and toast until just starting to brown and smell toasty (4-5 min). Combine seeds and nuts into a spice grinder or Cuisinart. Add salt. Grind until a mix of fine grains and small chunks. Set aside.
For the Tahini Dressing:
  1. Place all ingredients into a Cuisinart. Blend until smooth and loose enough to pour as a dressing. Adding more water IF necessary.
For the carrots:
  1. Heat oven to 400F. Peel and chop carrots into sticks, toss with salt, pepper and 1 Tbs olive oil. Roast carrots for about 12-15 minutes. I like to keep my carrots with a little crunch still left - especially if you are making ahead of time. You can roast them a little longer for a soft carrot.

    Store everything separately until ready to build bowl.
Nutrition Facts
Farro Salad with Za'atar Tahini Dressing
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 500
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

 


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Comments

  1. Tina Marie

    February 18, 2017 at 7:34 pm

    This looks amazingly delicious and I really love the colors. It’s so appetizing.

    Reply
  2. Manju | Cooking Curries

    February 19, 2017 at 1:03 am

    That totally looks like my kind of salad and that dukkah on top has my heart! Ive fallen in love with dukkah after my trip to Sydney last year and am always looking for brilliant ways to use it. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Emily

      February 19, 2017 at 7:27 am

      Thanks Manju! Dukkah does really add that extra flavor!

      Reply
  3. Charla @ That Girl Cooks Healthy

    February 19, 2017 at 3:05 am

    I’m loving the sound of this spiced tahini dressing

    Reply
  4. Katie | Healthy Seasonal Recipes

    February 19, 2017 at 6:00 am

    I love Za’atar too, but I have never tried it in a salad dressing. That’s such a fun new idea!

    Reply
    • Emily

      February 19, 2017 at 7:28 am

      I had never added it to dressing either until this!

      Reply
  5. Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry

    February 19, 2017 at 6:43 am

    I adore hummus so this recipe is perfect for me, and looks so bright, colourful and healthy too

    Reply
  6. Platter Talk

    February 19, 2017 at 2:04 pm

    Beautiful colors and very healthy ingredients. I love everything about this salad.

    Reply
  7. Sarah

    February 19, 2017 at 2:36 pm

    This has some of my favorite ingredients in it and sounds absolutely delicious…not to mention that beet hummus, yum!

    Reply
  8. Geoffrey @ Spoonabilities

    February 19, 2017 at 6:11 pm

    Perfect timing! Carlos has been on a salad kick this week, and given me the job of making the dressings (under his close watchful eye of course). One of the dressings had tahini in it. We’ll have to try this salad. Thanks for the recipe!!

    Reply
    • Emily

      February 19, 2017 at 6:42 pm

      Yay!!

      Reply
  9. Brandi Crawford

    February 19, 2017 at 7:00 pm

    This dressing has so much potential! I could definitely see myself using it as a spread in a bunch of dishes.

    Reply
  10. Sarah @ Champagne Tastes

    February 19, 2017 at 7:27 pm

    I’ve never tried cooking farro! This sounds delicious- I love tahini dressing too so I’m sold!

    Reply
  11. Nancy Andres

    February 21, 2017 at 6:48 pm

    Wonderful idea and great colors! Do you know what the fat content is?

    Reply
  12. Valerie

    February 22, 2017 at 8:19 am

    Wow – this looks delicious! I pinned it to my foodie board so I can find it again when I need a little kick to my salad routine.

    Reply
  13. Simone

    April 3, 2017 at 3:17 am

    That looks perfect for my meal tonight. Was just looking for inspiration and as it happens I made a batch of dukkah last week plus I have a bunch of carrots leftover. I’ll be making this!!

    Reply
    • Emily

      April 3, 2017 at 8:47 am

      Awesome!! Let me know how it goes! I love this dish!

      Reply
  14. Sydney

    February 7, 2018 at 8:39 am

    What a beautiful recipe. The colors and textures look amazing. I’ll be making this soon.

    Reply

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