Dukkah Recipes

Dukkah is a spice mix that has been used in the Middle East for centuries. It combines ground nuts, herbs, and spices to make a rich seasoning paste that can be used as any other dry spice or sprinkled over your favourite dishes like eggs, salads, soups, and pasta.

Dukkah is a very versatile seasoning that you can experiment with and add your personal touch. It’s delicious when added on top of all sorts of things!

The best part about this seasoning is there’s an endless amount of possibilities when developing unique recipes. So try out our delicious recipe options next time you cook them out, so they turn out even better than before!

FOR CRUSTS

Use Dukkah for perfectly balanced crusts for tofu, meat and seafood. Because of the granular nature of Dukkah, making a crust is simple. There are different ways you can make a crust. The two most common are either mixing the Dukkah with flour and using eggs as a binder or simply adding the Dukkah on its own without any binding agents. With our many different Dukkah’s, you can select a spicy crust or a smoky crust, to name a couple.

Pan Crust Method

Making a Dukkah crust is easy and involves simply rolling the meat or seafood in the Dukkah mix, pan-frying to sear the Dukkah with the meat, and oven roasting (if needed) for a deeper cook. If cooking meats such as chicken, it can be easily oven-roasted after the searing stage.

This can extend to BBQ’s the concept is the same you will sear the Dukkah to the meat using the grill and then transfer to the oven if needed for the slow cooking.

FOR DIPS

Fresh Dips

Use Dukkah to add both texture and complexity to dips such as hummus, baba ganoush & dairy-based dips. Those that love dips with texture will appreciate the benefits Dukkah will bring, as well as the flavours Dukkah adds, given its traditional emphasis on spices. Dukkah can compliment cream-based dips in particular.

For Dipping Bread

The most famous use for Dukkah is its use with dipping dukkha in oil & bread. Take a good dipping bread such as Flatbread or Crusty fresh white bread, dip the bread in olive oil, then sprinkle the Dukkah mix over the bread & oil.

FOR DRESSING

Dukkah is used as a part of dressings to add texture and spice. As an example of a shift towards healthy eating habits, Dukkah-spiked yoghurt makes a fresh and healthy alternative to many of the dressings currently on the market. Replace mayonnaise or Caesar dressings that can be high fat and high calorie with this yoghurt and Dukkah mix as an alternative without compromising on taste. The spices of the Dukkah will not go unnoticed. If you prefer no texture in your dressings and sauces, Dukkah can easily be powder in a spice blender.

Here are some ideas this dressing works great for:
As a dressing on hamburgers, Dukkah and yoghurt makes an excellent healthier alternative
Over freshly roasted pumpkin a mint yoghurt with Dukkah
Other roasted vegetables such as capsicum and cabbage

You are not limited to yoghurt based dressings; Dukkah will lift many other dressings & sauces such as a basic tomato-based sauce, salsas, and lifting cottage cheese which is a versatile product in its own right. Whisk some Dukkah into your current salad dressing for an upmarket version. Enjoy substituting some of the high-fat, high-calorie dressings on the market with a Dukkah-spiked alternative.

FOR SALADS

There are virtually endless recipes online for using Dukkah for salads, more hearty salads. However, to transform a garden salad into a hearty lunch or meal, add Dukkah and tuna. Or unlike croutons which are deep-fried and used in garden salads, Fukkah has a natural crunch without the excess oil. This, of course from the nuts and seeds that make up a Dukkah with their natural oils.

From roasted vegetables (especially roasted pumpkin salads), Dukkah is used as a source of texture, sustenance and flavor, Other favorite vegetables that Dukkah often features are Eggplant and Cauliflower. Both are great options for getting people to eat their vegetable when a little Dukkah is added…. especially the children!

FOR SEASONING

For use as a seasoning, Dukkah is a healthy alternative. For many of our Dukkah’s there is minimal salt content, making this an ideal seasoning for those wanting to limit salt in their diet. This is a natural alternative to salt that is both textural and even spicy is you want to kick it up a notch

For soups, Dukkah is an excellent seasoning. Pumpkin soups with a small swirl of cream and topped with a traditional Egyptian Dukkah make an ideal partner. This works well for hearty soups and soup purees. Another excellent partner is with eggs. Add some Dukkah into you next pasta meal for a different take on a pasta dish to add a crunchy seasoning

You may prefer some of the more spicy Dukkah’s available that lean more towards a seasoning given they are spicy heat-based mix which is often a characteristic of many seasonings on the market — think Peri-Peri, Chili salt, Chicken salt – all salt-based seasonings of which some flavors have MSG and other additives to mimic a savory taste that Dukkah naturally has without the additives