Chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki
Chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki

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Falafel with Tzatziki in Toasted Pita. You can make the pickled vegetables, falafel mixture and tzatziki sauce ahead of time for easy meal-prep lunches or dinner later in the week. Lima Bean Hummus with Toasted Pita Crisps. Serve the falafel with the tzatziki.

To begin with this recipe, we must 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 can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chickpea falafel with toasted pita breads and tzatziki:
  1. Take 1 (400 g) can of Chickpeas, drained
  2. Take 1/2 onion, chopped
  3. Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
  4. Make ready Drizzle of olive oil
  5. Prepare Drizzle of garlic infused olive oil
  6. Prepare 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  7. Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin
  8. Get 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  9. Make ready 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  10. Get 1 handful fresh coriander, chopped
  11. Prepare Flour to dust
  12. Make ready 1/4 cup canola oil
  13. Take 1/4 small red cabbage, chopped
  14. Take 4 radish, sliced finely
  15. Prepare To garnish fresh coriander
  16. Take 1/2 cucumber, grated
  17. Get To taste salt
  18. Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
  19. 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:
  1. Drain the chickpeas from canned brine. And add to a bowl. With a potato masher, mash the chickpeas.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Chop the cabbage finely along with the radish.
  7. 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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