Receta Falafel Salad
This salad recipe was
shared by my friend, Neethu in Kuwait. A classic Arabic salad and a party
pleaser too.... You can prepare falafel ahead of time and fry them just before
preparing the salad. For healthier options you can even bake or grill the falafel.... you can add any leafy vegetable like spinach, cabbage etc to the salad....
Ingredients:
Small Falafel rounds -10 to15 nos (Recipe given below)
Capsicum - 1 small (or can
use a mix of red, green, yellow capsicums)
Tomato - 1, remove seeds
and diced
Dressing:
Hot sauce - 1 tsp or as
needed (I used Sriracha sauce)
Mix everything and adjust
sauces according to taste.
Method:
Chop and rinse the vegetables.
Toss together. Allow to dry on a paper towel for a few minutes, while you fry
or grill your falafel.
Fry falafel and allow
to drain on a paper towel.
Just before serving
put all the vegetables in a large bowl, pour the dressing over the salad and
toss carefully.
Transfer to serving
bowl and add falafel rounds on top and serve immediately
Falafel
- ½ cup dried chickpeas
- or grabanzo beans
- 1 tbsp chopped
- coriander leaves
- ½ tsp cumin (jeera)
- powder
- ¼ tsp or red chilly
- powder
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- powder
- 1 ½ tbsp Semolina
(suji / rava)
Method:
Soak the chickpeas
overnight and drain well.
Place the drained
chickpeas in a food processor. Add the onions, garlic, coriander leaves,
parsley, coriander powder, cumin powder, turmeric powder, red chilly powder,
black pepper powder and salt. Pulse till it forms a fine coarse dough.
Add semolina and baking
powder. Mix well. Make small round balls, flatten them slightly.
Heat oil in a skillet, fry
3 or 4 falafel at a time till brown and cooked from inside in medium flame.
For a healthier version
you can even grill falafel.
Remove and drain on a
paper towel.
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