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This week’s recipe is fresh, delicious, filling and (best of all) easy, with the ready made Birch & Waite dressing doing a lot of the legwork!
Smashed falafel salad with spiced tahini dressing
Ingredients
Falafels
- 1 cup canned chickpeas rinsed and drained
- 1 red onion chopped
- 1 cup packed fresh parsley
- Half cup packed fresh coriander
- 1 long green cayenne chilli
- 5 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 tsp sea salt flakes or to taste
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- Half tsp ground cardamon
- Half tsp baking powder
- Quarter tsp cracked black pepper
- 5 tbsp chickpea flour or besan flour
- Oil for deep frying
Salad
- 1 bottle Birch & Waite Spiced Tahini Dressing & Sauce
- 2 cucumbers cut lengthways, deseeded and sliced
- 1 red onion halved and sliced
- 250 g cherry tomatoes halved
- Half cup parsley finely chopped, and extra to garnish
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
Instructions
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Add chickpeas, onion, parsley, coriander, chilli, garlic, salt, ground spices, baking powder, black pepper and chickpea flour to a food processor. Process on high for a few minutes until the chickpea mixture resembles coarse sand and the texture feels quite fine.
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Scoop into a bowl and mix well. Take about a tablespoon and half of the mixture in the palm of your hands and clump and shape it in a round ball. Repeat with remaining mixture.
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Heat oil in a medium saucepan until starting to smoke. Gently drop falafels into the hot oil and deep fry on medium heat for 4-5 min until cooked through and browned. Remove and set aside to cool for 10 min.
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Add cucumber, onion, cherry tomatoes and parsley to a medium bowl. Add half a bottle of Birch & Waite Spiced Tahini Dressing to the salad and mix well.
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Spoon salad onto a rimmed serving plate. Top with falafels. Smash them lightly with a fork. Drizzle extra dressing and garnish with sesame seeds and parsley.
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