Falafel Salad
Course: Salad, vegan, MainCuisine: MediterraneanDifficulty: Easymake 15 medium size
servings15
minutes15
minutesTypical Salads (without meat) lack proteins. Falafel is an excellent addition to salads that provides plant based proteins, taste and crunch. Coming from Mediterranean/ Middle Eastern region, it is very delicious and can be made a day in advance or the same day. It’s very filling and contains lots of herbs, garlic and onions. I love this recipe because it tastes so good and not too much work. It is a vegetarian recipe.
Ingredients
Falafel:
1 cup garbanzo beans ( Kabuli chana) – soaked and cooked/ one can of Garbanzo beans
1 cup onion – chopped into small pieces
½ cup parsley – washed and chopped
2 tbsp lemon juice
3 to 4 garlic cloves – chopped
3 to 4 green chillies (or to taste) – chopped
1tsp salt (or to tase)
2 tsp black pepper (or to taste)
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ground coriander powder
1 tsp baking powder
4 tbsp chickpea flour or bread crumbs or all purpose flour
Oil for frying
For Salad :
2 cup greens – romaine salad, iceberg – chopped
2 large tomatoes – chopped
1 medium red onion – cut into slices
1 large cucumber – chopped
2 tbsp chopped cilantro.
Olives – optional
Dressing:
⅓ cup Greek yogurt
1 tsp salt (or to taste)
2 tsp black pepper (or to taste)
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice (or to taste)
Other:
Serve with hummus and pita
Directions
- Add all Falafel ingredients (except oil) to a food processor and grind for about 2 minutes – till everything is mixed and makes a dough.
- Add 2 tbsp oil and mix it in the dough.
- Remove all ingredients to a box or bowl, cover and keep in the fridge for about 4 to 5 hours .
- Add oil to a frying pan and heat on medium flame. Wait until hot.
- Make a round shape from dough (Slightly smaller than a golf ball). Add 1 falafel to the oil and deep fry it. It should not break while in oil, if it breaks, add more flour to dough). Fry till golden brown
- Fry the rest of the falafels and keep aside.
- Salad:
- Add greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions and olives to a bowl and mix..
- Mix dressing ingredients yogurt, olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon juice in a bowl, add to the salad and mix.
- Serving
- Put Salad in a plate, add 4 -6 falafels.
- Serve with hummus and pita.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
- If you like this recipe, please check out similar recipes in https://amzn.to/3PAH9s1. (available on Amazon.
- Make a day before chickpea dough. easy to make and crisp too.