Baked Falafels
Ingredients
- Baked Falafels
- 2 cups canned garbanzo beans ⓘ
- 1/2 onion ⓘ
- 1/4 cup toasted walnuts ⓘ
- 1 cup parsley ⓘ
- 3 cloves of garlic ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon salt (add more or less per your taste) ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon baking soda ⓘ
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice ⓘ
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 5 pita pockets - cut in half ⓘ
- 1 large or 2 small tomatoes - sliced ⓘ
- 1 cucumber - sliced ⓘ
- Tahini-Yogurt Sauce
- 1 cup plain non-fat greek yogurt ⓘ
- 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame paste) ⓘ
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 375 F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
- In a food processor, pulse the ingredients in three steps in the following order: first -> toasted walnuts, second -> parsley + onion + garlic, third -> garbanzo beans + crushed red pepper + salt + baking soda + lemon juice + extra virgin olive oil. Pulse until everything is well incorporated but make sure you don't over do it or the mixture will become too mushy and difficult to work with. [Side note: I made the mistake of putting everything in the food processor at once - mainly for photographing purposes. It was a huge mistake. The ingredients didn't blend too well. I had to pick out the walnuts, chunky onion and garlic pieces and blend them separately. It just ended up taking more time than anticipated.]
- Make 2 inch balls using your hands or use a small ice cream scoop and scoop the mixture onto a parchment or aluminum foil lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes, flipping them over halfway through.
- Put all ingredients in a blender and run the blender until everything is well incorporated. You can choose to whisk all the ingredients by hand if you want.
- Cover and refrigerate in a glass jar until you're ready to use it.
- Place sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and two falafel balls in a pita pocket. Drizzle with Tahini-Yogurt sauce [recipe below].
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
925
kcal
46% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).