Vegan 1st: Falafel

Burger or that new falafel recipe?! Oh the choices...I want both!

 

Warning: falafel food porn commencing

 

So falafel burger and chips it is.

I was feeling the mood for a good Diner style burger and fries and this really hit the spot.

 

 

I got this recipe from a girl at work; she got it from the slimming world website, so it must be low fat. I like it, because it’s all natural ingredients and spices gluten free. The original recipe calls for an egg, which I omitted, also the recipe is to serve 6-8 people; so I reduced the Chickpeas by half and cut some other ingredients down too.

· Grate the 1 carrot in the food processor, removing any chunky bits - chefs perks.

· Add half a chopped onion, 2 cloves grated garlic.

· Freshly ground spices; coriander, cumin, ground ginger and chilli powder

· Tin of drained chickpeas or flageolet beans

· Handful of fresh coriander

The recipe suggests you leave it for a few hours for the flavours to mix, so I made it last night and left time for the flavours to develop in a bowl in the fridge over night.

Make into falafel burgers or balls.

Grill on the George foreman, in the oven, or fry.

 

 

I found the nix really crumbly and really needed a nice big dollop of humous! I used low fat humous and mixed in some fresh coriander and served this with some sweet chilli sauce and a side of french fries.