Baked Falafel with Spicy Tahini Sauce
My husband and I are big fans of Falafel. We love traveling to Israel and we LOVE mediterranean food. When I found this recipe for baked falafels, I knew I had to try it!!! I looked at a few recipes and combined the best of the bunch and came up with this one. I absolutely loved the fact that I did not have to fry these and they came out crispy and spicy. The texture was great and the consistency was really good. I hope you enjoy these as much as we did. This will become a regular addition to our list of favorites.
Baked Falafel
1 (15oz) can of garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
1/3 cup chopped red onion
3 -4 cloves garlic
1/3 cup fresh parsley (you can use ¼ cup dry parsley herbs)
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
1 ½ teaspoon cumin
1 ½ teaspoon coriander
1 teaspoon zatar or sumac
1 teaspoon sea salt
¼ teaspoon cayenne
½ teaspoon baking soda
3 Tablespoon oat flour or oat bran
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place foil on a cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray.
Combine garbanzo beans, onion, garlic, oil, parsley, lemon juice, cumin, coriander. Salt and cayenne into a food processor or a Vitamix. Pulse until combined, do not pulse too long or it will be like hummus-you want it chunky. Mixture will be dry and chunky. Scoop out into a bowl, add the baking soda and oat flour and stir until combined. Form small patties with dough and place on cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes and then flip each patty and then bake another 10-12 minutes. Serve with Pita bread, hummus, shredded cabbage or other greens, sliced cucumbers, carrots, avocado and any other veggies you would like. Spread some delicious spicy Tahini sauce on your Falafels or into your pita sandwich.
Tahini Sauce
1/2 cup tahini
1/3 cup fresh cilantro (I used ¼ cup dry herbs)
1/3 cup fresh parsley (I used ¼ cup dry herbs)
juice of 1 lemon
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin
¼ cup water to thin and stir until creamy.
Mix all ingredients together. Add a bit more water if needed to create the consistency you like. Serve with Baked Falafel and have a delicious vegetarian meal.
- Baked Falafel
- 1 (15oz) can of garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
- ⅓ cup chopped red onion
- 3 -4 cloves garlic
- ⅓ cup fresh parsley (you can use ¼ cup dry parsley herbs)
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 ½ teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon sumac or zatar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 Tablespoon oat flour or oat bran
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place foil on a cookie sheet and spray with cooking spray.
- Combine garbanzo beans, onion, garlic, oil, parsley, lemon juice, cumin, coriander, sumac and/or zatar. salt and cayenne into a food processor or a Vitamix.
- Pulse until combined, do not pulse too long or it will be like hummus-you want it chunky.
- Mixture will be dry and chunky.
- Scoop out into a bowl, add the baking soda and oat flour and stir until combined.
- Form small patties with dough and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake 10-12 minutes and then flip each patty and then bake another 10-12 minutes.
- Serve with Pita bread, hummus, shredded cabbage or other greens, sliced cucumbers, carrots, avocado and any other veggies you would like.
- Spread some delicious spicy Tahini sauce on your Falafels or into your pita sandwich.
- Tahini Sauce
- ½ cup tahini
- ⅓ cup fresh cilantro (I used ¼ cup dry herbs)
- ⅓ cup fresh parsley (I used ¼ cup dry herbs)
- juice of 1 lemon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ¼ cup water to thin
- Mix all ingredients together. Add extra water to thin to desired consistency.
