Falafel Salad With Tahini Dressing
Falafel sald is a vegan and high-protein salad filled with nutritions and flavors.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 Spatula
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried chickpeas Or frozen falafel
- 1 cup cilantro leaves
- 1 onion
- 4 - 5 garlic
- 1 jalapeno/ green chilli
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp red paprika
Tahini Lemon Dressing
- ¼ cup tahini
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic minced
- salt & pepper to taste
Salad Ingredients
- 1 cup lettuce greens
- 1 sliced onions
- ½ jalapeno
- 1 tbsp kalamata olives sliced
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes diced
- any other salad vegetables
Instructions
- Soak the chickpeas over night.
- Remove from water and transfer to the food processor.
Make the falafel
- Add other ingredients mentioned above in the ingredients list to make falafel into the food processor.
- Pulse it to a fine mixture.
- Grease your palms and shape a tbsp of mixture into roundels or patties discs.
- Deep fry or shallow fry the falafel. Remove from oil when it's cooked to crispy and golden.
Salad dressing
- In a glass jar add the ingredients mentioned above in the ingredients list under salad dressing.
- Close with a lid and shake/ whisk to make the salad dressing.
Make the salad
- In a large mixing bowl, add the falafel, and break them into pieces (roughly crumbled into larger chunks).
- Add the greens, onions, cucumber, lettuce, and olives.
- Drizzle the tahini lemon dressing into the bowl.
- Toss well. Nutritious falafel salad is ready to serve.