This is my mom’s homemade falafel recipe and I learned how to make it from her over the years! Once you get the hang of it, it’s truly a very simple process. I believe that YOU can make authentic Syrian falafel. By the way, if you are able to enjoy pita bread, since it is gluten, feel free to wrap them up in pita instead! You would repeat the entire process but instead of building a salad bowl, you would add everything into the pita bread and wrap it up! So, let me show you how to make this recipe!
Yields: 2-3
Prep time: overnight
Total time: day of: 4 hours
This recipe is dairy free, gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan.
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Ingredients:
Falafel
1. 2 cans of chickpeas OR 3 3/4 cups of fresh chickpeas (which is preferable)
2. ½ can of dry fava beans
3. 1 cup of finely chopped fresh parsley
4. 5 garlic cloves
5. ¼ cup of finely chopped fresh cilantro
6. Salt
7. 1 TSP of baking soda
8. Falafel spice mix (you can find this at an Arabic store, but if not you can skip this step)
Salad
1 bunch of lettuce
1 cup of pickled beets
1 green onion
1 cucumber
1 tomato
Tahini Sauce
½ cup of tahini
Squeeze of lemon
Salt
Water
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