Pita pocket with falafel, tahini and salad
A classic Middle Eastern falafel dish brought together with a delicious cabbage salad. This recipe was created by Western Springs junior master chef competition winner Naor Tal Alfassi Berman.
SERVES6
TIME TO MAKE2+ hours
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TIME TO MAKE2+ hours
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Method
Falafel
- Soak chickpeas overnight
- Lightly chop onion, garlic, coriander and parsley then place in food processor with chickpeas, pepper and cumin and blend till fine consistency.
- Place tablespoon sized balls of falafel onto a baking tray
- Spray falafel lightly with canola or olive oil cooking spray
- Bake at 210°C for approximately 10 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned
Salad
- Toss together the red and green cabbage, grated carrot, 2 tablespoons of coriander, orange juice, olive oil, red onion, lemon juice and tomato
Tahini sauce
- Mix together the tahini paste, water, crushed garlic and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- You may need to add more water to get to the desired consistency
To serve
- Toast pita bread
- Fill pita bread with salad, falafel and tahini sauce
- Falafel
- 1 cupchickpeas, dried
- ½ cupcoriander, chopped
- ½ cupparsley, chopped
- ground pepper, pinch
- 2 tspcumin, ground
- Salad
- ¼green cabbage, finely sliced
- ¼red cabbage, finely sliced
- 2carrot, grated
- 2 tbspcoriander, chopped
- ¼ cuporange juice
- 1 tbspextra virgin olive oil
- ¼red onion, finely diced
- 2 tbsplemon juice
- 1tomato, diced
- Tahini sauce
- 4 tbsptahini paste
- 3 tbspwater
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
- 2 tbsplemon juice
Per serve
- Energy822kJ
- Total Fat11.8g
- Saturated Fat2.2g
- Total Carbohydrate11.2g
- Sugars6.3g
- Dietary Fibre9.6g
- Sodium14mg
Method
Falafel
- Soak chickpeas overnight
- Lightly chop onion, garlic, coriander and parsley then place in food processor with chickpeas, pepper and cumin and blend till fine consistency.
- Place tablespoon sized balls of falafel onto a baking tray
- Spray falafel lightly with canola or olive oil cooking spray
- Bake at 210°C for approximately 10 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned
Salad
- Toss together the red and green cabbage, grated carrot, 2 tablespoons of coriander, orange juice, olive oil, red onion, lemon juice and tomato
Tahini sauce
- Mix together the tahini paste, water, crushed garlic and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- You may need to add more water to get to the desired consistency
To serve
- Toast pita bread
- Fill pita bread with salad, falafel and tahini sauce
Ingredients
- Falafel
- 1 cupchickpeas, dried
- ½ cupcoriander, chopped
- ½ cupparsley, chopped
- ground pepper, pinch
- 2 tspcumin, ground
- Salad
- ¼green cabbage, finely sliced
- ¼red cabbage, finely sliced
- 2carrot, grated
- 2 tbspcoriander, chopped
- ¼ cuporange juice
- 1 tbspextra virgin olive oil
- ¼red onion, finely diced
- 2 tbsplemon juice
- 1tomato, diced
- Tahini sauce
- 4 tbsptahini paste
- 3 tbspwater
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
- 2 tbsplemon juice
Ingredients
- Falafel
- 1 cupchickpeas, dried
- ½ cupcoriander, chopped
- ½ cupparsley, chopped
- ground pepper, pinch
- 2 tspcumin, ground
- Salad
- ¼green cabbage, finely sliced
- ¼red cabbage, finely sliced
- 2carrot, grated
- 2 tbspcoriander, chopped
- ¼ cuporange juice
- 1 tbspextra virgin olive oil
- ¼red onion, finely diced
- 2 tbsplemon juice
- 1tomato, diced
- Tahini sauce
- 4 tbsptahini paste
- 3 tbspwater
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed
- 2 tbsplemon juice
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy822kJ
- Total Fat11.8g
- Saturated Fat2.2g
- Total Carbohydrate11.2g
- Sugars6.3g
- Dietary Fibre9.6g
- Sodium14mg
Method
Falafel
- Soak chickpeas overnight
- Lightly chop onion, garlic, coriander and parsley then place in food processor with chickpeas, pepper and cumin and blend till fine consistency.
- Place tablespoon sized balls of falafel onto a baking tray
- Spray falafel lightly with canola or olive oil cooking spray
- Bake at 210°C for approximately 10 minutes or until cooked through and lightly browned
Salad
- Toss together the red and green cabbage, grated carrot, 2 tablespoons of coriander, orange juice, olive oil, red onion, lemon juice and tomato
Tahini sauce
- Mix together the tahini paste, water, crushed garlic and 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
- You may need to add more water to get to the desired consistency
To serve
- Toast pita bread
- Fill pita bread with salad, falafel and tahini sauce
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