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To begin with this particular 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 it.
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
- Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Take Drizzle of olive oil
- Prepare Drizzle of garlic infused olive oil
- Take 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- Get 1 teaspoon cumin
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Prepare 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- Prepare 1 handful fresh coriander, chopped
- Get Flour to dust
- Make ready 1/4 cup canola oil
- Prepare 1/4 small red cabbage, chopped
- Prepare 4 radish, sliced finely
- Prepare To garnish fresh coriander
- Take 1/2 cucumber, grated
- Prepare To taste salt
- Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Prepare To taste pepper
Transfer to a cutting board and cut in half; carefully open the pockets. Reviews for: Photos of Falafel Pita Sandwiches with Tzatziki. Dip pitas in tahini, hummus, and/or store-bought tzatziki. Add chickpeas and flour; pulse until just chopped and well mixed, occasionally scraping down side of bowl.
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! :)
Falafel is the original veggie burger and is a common dish throughout the Middle East. It is found in Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Egypt, and is especially popular with Palestinians. In Egypt it is known as tamiyah or taamiyah. Israelis sometimes call it the "national food of Israel." Falafel is an assembled mezze of chick pea patties sandwiched between pita bread. For making homemade falafel in pita bread, we need to first make the bullets, a dressing then toast the pita bread and For toasting the pita bread.
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