5 from 3 votes
Easy Falafel Bowls
Delicious and hearty ! These easy falafel bowls are served with veggies, and make the perfect vegan quick lunch.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Servings:
4
Calories:
236 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Mediterranean
Ingredients
For Falafel Bowls
- 1 can chickpeas drained and dried
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/3 cup chickpea flour
- 1/2 red onion
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- black pepper to taste
- salt to taste
To Serve
- 1 cup cherry tomato
- 2 cups green leafy vegetable
- 1/2 cup tahini sauce
Instructions
- Set roughly chopped onion, garlic cloves and parsley in a food processor. Pulse a few times
- Add drained chickpeas, cumin, salt and ground pepper and blend again. Blend untilgranulated texture
- Transfer mix to a bowl and add chickpea flour. Stir very well and let it rest for 5 minutes. After that, you should be able to form the falafel bowls, add one more tablespoon of chickpea flour if needed.
- Pressing very well with your hands, roll mixture into 14-16 falafels. Its easier to make one by one and fry them at the same time. Only there they will be hard enough. To fry them add olive oil to a heated skillet and roll them over when they get brownish in the base.
- Place them in a paper towel to drain the excess oil.
- Serve them with green leaves, cherry tomatoes and tahini sauce
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Nutrition Information
Calories
236kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
16g
(5%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
17g
(26%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Sodium
27mg
(1%)
Potassium
373mg
(8%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
1543IU
(31%)
Vitamin C
13mg
(14%)
Calcium
67mg
(7%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 236
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 236kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 16g | 5% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Sodium | 27mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 373mg | 8% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 1543IU | 31% |
| Vitamin C | 13mg | 14% |
| Calcium | 67mg | 7% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.