Falafel Bowl with Tahini Dressing
Falafel Bowl with Tahini Dressing is a Middle Eastern salad of medium difficulty, ready in about 40 minutes and enough for 4 servings. The main ingredients are dried chickpeas, fresh parsley and garlic. The cooking is mostly frying. It is vegetarian and vegan. Each serving has about 490 calories and 18 g of protein.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Servings
- 4
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Calories
- 490 kcal
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Ingredients
For 4 servings
- 300 gdried chickpeas
- 1 handfulfresh parsley
- 4 clovesgarlic
- 2 tspcumin
- 60 mltahini
- 2lemons
- 2 cupscooked quinoa
- 200 gcherry tomatoes
- 1cucumber
- 3 tbspvegetable oil
Instructions
- Soak dried chickpeas overnight or for at least 8 hours. Drain well. Do not cook them.
- In a food processor, pulse the soaked chickpeas with parsley, garlic, and cumin until a coarse but cohesive mixture forms. Shape into small patties.
- Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Pan-fry falafel patties for 3-4 minutes per side until deeply golden and crispy.
- Make tahini dressing by whisking tahini with the juice of both lemons and 2-3 tablespoons of water until smooth and pourable.
- Assemble bowls with cooked quinoa, halved cherry tomatoes, diced cucumber, and falafel. Drizzle generously with tahini dressing.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 490 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 56 g
Approximate values for one serving.
About this recipe
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Dish type: Salad
- Diet: vegetarian, vegan
- In cookbook: Meatless Mains
