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Chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki Recipe
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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:
- Make ready 1 (400 g) can of Chickpeas, drained
- Make ready 1/2 onion, chopped
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Get Drizzle of olive oil
- Take Drizzle of garlic infused olive oil
- Get 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Prepare 1 teaspoon cumin
- Get 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Prepare 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Take 1 handful fresh coriander, chopped
- Make ready Flour to dust
- Get 1/4 cup canola oil
- Get 1/4 small red cabbage, chopped
- Take 4 radish, sliced finely
- Get To garnish fresh coriander
- Take 1/2 cucumber, grated
- Get To taste salt
- Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Take To taste pepper
Steps 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! :)
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