Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki using 19 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki:
- Prepare 1 (400 g) can of Chickpeas, drained
- Get 1/2 onion, chopped
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready Drizzle of olive oil
- Get Drizzle of garlic infused olive oil
- Prepare 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin
- Get 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Prepare 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Get 1 handful fresh coriander, chopped
- Get Flour to dust
- Prepare 1/4 cup canola oil
- Prepare 1/4 small red cabbage, chopped
- Make ready 4 radish, sliced finely
- Get To garnish fresh coriander
- Make ready 1/2 cucumber, grated
- Prepare To taste salt
- Take 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Prepare To taste pepper
Serve your falafel in pita sandwiches or salads. I served them with pita bread, tzatziki, hummus and romaine lettuce. Divide the tzatziki and cooked falafel between the warmed pita halves. Make some falafel for an easy and satisfying veggie lunch.
Instructions to make Chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki:
- Drain the chickpeas from canned brine. And add to a bowl. With a potato masher, mash the chickpeas.
- In a dry pan on medium heat, toast the cumin, cumin seeds, paprika for 1 minute until fragrant. Add to the mashed chickpeas. Then add the garlic, chopped onion, chopped coriander and salt and pepper to taste. Stir to combine.
- Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice(reserving the other for the tzatziki) and a good drizzle of olive oil to the chickpea mix, mold to form balls. Dust lightly with flour.
- In a pan, on medium-high heat, heat the oil and fry the falafel until golden brown on both sides. Drain on kitchen paper. For a healthier option, instead of frying, you can bake the falafel in the oven till golden brown.
- To make the tzatziki, grate the cucumber in a small bowl and squeeze out all liquid from the grated cucumber. Once all moisture has been drained, add to this 1/2 cup of plain double cream yoghurt, a drizzle of olive oil, a drizzle of garlic infused olive oil, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Stir to combine.
- Chop the cabbage finely along with the radish.
- To assemble, toast the pita breads in the toaster or oven. Cut in half, and make slits in the middle to form a pocket, add the chickpea falafel balls, spread the tzatziki along the sides add red cabbage and radish. Garnish with fresh coriander and a drizzle of more tzatziki. Enjoy! :)
Divide the tzatziki and cooked falafel between the warmed pita halves. Make some falafel for an easy and satisfying veggie lunch. Dip pitas in tahini, hummus, and/or store-bought tzatziki. Serve on pita bread with sauce spooned over. To make this tomato-on-bread revelation right this very minute, use a prepared flatbread like naan or pocketless pita.
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