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

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Falafel has long been a favorite Middle Eastern street food. A dish of chickpea fritters often eaten with pita, it's beloved for its crunchy, creamy textural contrast. Transfer to a cutting board and cut in half; carefully open the pockets.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have 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. Make ready 1 (400 g) can of Chickpeas, drained
  2. Prepare 1/2 onion, chopped
  3. Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
  4. Make ready Drizzle of olive oil
  5. Get Drizzle of garlic infused olive oil
  6. Prepare 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  7. Take 1 teaspoon cumin
  8. Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
  9. Prepare 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  10. Prepare 1 handful fresh coriander, chopped
  11. Make ready Flour to dust
  12. Make ready 1/4 cup canola oil
  13. Prepare 1/4 small red cabbage, chopped
  14. Get 4 radish, sliced finely
  15. Prepare To garnish fresh coriander
  16. Prepare 1/2 cucumber, grated
  17. Prepare To taste salt
  18. Prepare 2 tablespoons olive oil
  19. Take To taste pepper

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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! :)

You can fill it up with the choice of your dips and stuff it with falafel and have it like a. 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. Toss chickpeas and vinegar in a medium bowl; season with salt and pepper. Mash chickpeas with a fork until about half are smashed.

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