Baked Falafel

Name: Baked Falafel Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 Cups Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) - Rinsed and drained; 1/4 Cup Onions raw chopped; 1 tsp no salt seasoning; 1/8 Cup Parsley; 1/8 Cup Coriander; 2 cloves Garlic; 2 tsp Cinnamon ground; 1 tsp Ground Cumin; 1 TBSP Whole Wheat Flour; 3 tbsp Tahini (sesame paste); 1.5 tbsp Lemon juice; 3 pitas whole-wheat small (4 dia) cut in half; 2 Cup Romaine Lettuce shredded; 6 Black Olives; 6 Red Ripe Cherry Tomatoes

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Minutes to Prepare: 20
Minutes to Cook: 15

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

2 Cups Chickpeas (garbanzo beans) - Rinsed and drained1/4 Cup Onions, raw, chopped 1 tsp "no salt" seasoning1/8 Cup Parsley1/8 Cup Coriander2 cloves Garlic 2 tsp Cinnamon, ground1 tsp Ground Cumin 1 TBSP Whole Wheat Flour3 tbsp Tahini (sesame paste)1.5 tbsp Lemon juice 3 pitas, whole-wheat, small (4" dia) cut in half2 Cup Romaine Lettuce, shredded 6 Black Olives6 Red Ripe Cherry Tomatoes

Directions

Combine chickpeas, onion, "no salt" seasoning, parsley, coriander, garlic, cinamon, and cumin in a food processor. blend until mixture is quite pureed and transfer to medium sized bowl. Stir in flour; shape mixture into 6 patties.

Preheat oven to 400ºF

Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and place over medium-high heat. Add patties and cook until golden brown, flipping once, about 3-5 minutes per side. Place patties on a baking sheet that has been sprayed and bake 10 minutes.

In a small bowl, stir together tahini, lemon Juice and water. stir until consisitency is a smooth paste.

Take 1/2 of a whole wheat pita, insert 1 falafel cake, add lettuce, 1 cherry tomato and 1 black olive. Drizzle about 1 TBSP of tahini mixture on sandwich and enjoy!

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ERICACAW.

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 255.0
Total Fat: 6.6 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 499.0 mg
Total Carbs: 42.8 g
Dietary Fiber: 8.3 g
Protein: 9.5 g

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Member Reviews

ANG_GRRR
Lovely - substituted hummous for the tahini and had a cucumber and tomato salsa for the filling. - 8/12/09
FEED_ME_SHOES
This was wonderful. A truly great low fat version. I added 2 tablespoons of low fat yoghurt to the tahini paste. Will definitely be making over and over! - 6/21/09