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Falafel With Tahina Sauce

Authentic Falafels with creamy Tahina Sauce and homemade pita bread, pickled turnips and cucumber yogurt salad. These easy heavenly falafel patties are with bright, fresh herbs running through them. Perfect with pitas and this simple, creamy tahina sauce! This recipe is from FoodFood TV channel

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Falafel With Tahina Sauce
Main Ingredients Chickpeas (kabuli chana), Tahini
Cuisine Middle Eastern
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 16-20 minutes
Cook time 26-30 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Mild
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Veg
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Ingredients list for Falafel With Tahina Sauce

  • 2 cups Chickpeas (kabuli chana) soaked
  • 2 tablespoons Tahini
  • 2 tablespoons Onion, white chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garlic chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon Coriander seeds roasted &crushed
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cumin powder roasted
  • a pinch Baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon Lemon juice
  • to taste Salt
  • for deep-frying Oil
  • FOR SAUCE
  • 2 tablespoons Parsley chopped
  • 2 tablespoons Mayonnaise
  • to taste Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon Black pepper powder
  • 1 tablespoon Onion white sliced
  • 10-12 Mint leaves
  • A pinch of roasted cumin powder
  • To Serve
  • 2 Whole-wheat pita bread
  • 1 medium Tomato,sliced
  • 1 small Onion white sliced
  • a few Mint leaves
  • a few Black olives
  • a few Pickled gherkin

Method

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  1. Preheat oven at 200 ºC. Mix chickpeas, parsley, onion, garlic, crushed coriander seeds, roasted cumin powder, baking soda, lemon juice and salt in a bowl.
  2. Grind in a mixer without water. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and grind to a coarse paste resembling bread crumbs. Heat sufficient oil in a deep non-stick pan.
  3. Meanwhile, make the tahina sauce: mix mayonnaise, salt, lemon juice, pepper powder and onion. Chop mint leaves and add.
  4. Add tahina and mix well. Add 2 tsps warm water and roasted cumin powder and mix well.
  5. Slice the pita bread into two horizontally. On each piece place a few tomato slices, a few onion slices and mint leaves. Sprinkle salt and lightly toast them in the preheated oven for 3-4 minutes.
  6. Shape the falafel mixture into round tikkis and deep fry in the hot oil till golden and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper. Remove the pita slices from the oven and arrange them on a serving platter.
  7. Place a few fresh mint leaves on each, followed by a little tahina sauce, over this place a falafel, sprinkle little roasted cumin powder and serve with black olives and pickled gherkins.

Nutrition Info

Calories 293
Carbohydrates 12.78
Protein 4.68
Fat 27.20
Other Fiber 0.77
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