Cuan's Falafel with Homemade Pitta Bread and Tomatoes
Cuan, from our Active Kids course, gave us this beautiful vegetarian Falafel recipe to try. It makes for a great lunchtime option, or as a between-meals snack to keep energy levels high.
- 30 min
- Moderate
- 4 Portions
Ingredients
To make the Falafels:
Chickpeas 500 g
Coriander (finely chopped) 3 g
Garlic (crushed and finely chopped) 12 g
Chilli (fresh) 3 g
Salt 1 g
Black Pepper 1 g
Olive Oil 10 g (1 tbsp)
Tomatoes (chopped) 160 g
To make the Pitta Bread:
Plain white flour 1000 g
Water 560 ml
Honey 15 ml
Instructions
To make the Falafels:
1. Soak chickpeas overnight, then drain and add them to a blender.
2. Add the coriander, garlic, chilli, salt and pepper and blend.
3. Using your hands or a spoon form or shape into patties or balls.
4. Heat some oil in a pan and shallow fry.
5, Serve with pitta bread and chopped tomatoes.
To make the Pitta Bread:
1. Heat oven to 180 degrees C.
2. Mix the flour, water and honey together and form/shape into balls and then roll flat.
3. Place on baking tray and bake for 5 minutes.
