Falafel Bowl

This Falafel Bowl is a fantastic lunch or dinner dish you can whip up any day of the week. Fill up your bowl with a bed of greens, crispy falafels, fresh tomatoes, red onions, and a drizzle of tahini sauce.

This Falafel Bowl recipe is.. 

• Vegan
• Gluten-free
• Vegetarian
• Dairy-free

How to Make a Falafel Bowl 

• Start by soaking your dried chickpeas for 12 hours as directed. Or reach for canned chickpeas.
• Place onion, garlic, and parsley in a food processor.
• Once mixed, toss in all remaining ingredients except the flour.
• After mixing, add the flour and let the mixture sit for 5 minutes to thicken.
• Form falafel mixture into balls, pan fry them in olive oil, and then place on paper towel-lined plate to soak up the oil.
• In a bowl, add lettuce, cherry tomatoes, falafel balls, and a drizzle of tahini sauce.

Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cups dry chickpeas soaked for at least 12 hours
• 3 cloves garlic
• ⅓ cup chickpea flour
• ¼ cup fresh parsley
• 2 cups green leaves
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes
• ⅓ cup oil for frying
• ½ red onion or 1 whole onion if it’s small
• ¼ tsp cumin
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground pepper

Instructions

• Add chopped onion, garlic cloves, and parsley to a food processor.
  
• Pulse a few times.
  
• Add previously soaked and drained chickpeas, cumin, salt, and ground pepper.
  
• Blend until the mixture has a granulated texture.
  
• Transfer mixture to a bowl and add chickpea flour. Stir well and let it rest for 5 minutes. After that, you should be able to form the falafel into balls. Add one more tablespoon of chickpea flour if needed, then let the mixture rest for another 5 minutes before forming balls.
  
• Pressing very well with your hands, roll falafel mixture into 14–16 falafels. Its easier to make them one by one and then fry them at the same time.
• Add olive oil to a heated skillet and fry falafels. Roll them over when they get brownish on one side to make sure both sides get equally fried.
  
• Place fried falafels on a paper towel-lined plate to drain the excess oil.
• Assemble bowl with green leaves, cherry tomatoes, fresh falafels, and tahini sauce.
  

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