Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, falafel salad. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Falafel Salad is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Falafel Salad is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have falafel salad using 26 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Falafel Salad:
- Make ready For the Falafel:
- Make ready 1/2 cup dry (uncooked) chickpeas
- Prepare 1/2 cup dry (uncooked) fava beans
- Prepare 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- Make ready 1/4 cup mint leaves
- Take 3/4 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
- Take 1 small jalapeño, ribs and seeds removed and coarsely chopped
- Prepare 2 garlic clove, minced
- Get 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
- Make ready 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- Prepare 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Get Vegetable oil, for frying (about 3 cups)
- Prepare For the salad:
- Prepare 1 head red leaf lettuce, torn
- Make ready 1 head green leaf lettuce, torn
- Prepare 1/4 head large red cabbage, shredded
- Take 2-3 cucumber, sliced
- Get Baby strawberries (optional)
- Take Fresh mint, cilantro and parsley
- Take For Tahini dressing:
- Get 1/2 cup raw tahini
- Get 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
- Prepare 1 clove garlic
- Get 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- Get 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- Get 1/4 cup water, or more for desired consistency
Steps to make Falafel Salad:
- In a medium bowl, cover the chickpeas and fava beans with water and soak them overnight.
- After soaking, drain the chickpeas and fava beans and pat them dry. Place them into a food processor, with a teaspoon of salt and process until they resemble a coarse crumb. Add the mint, parsley, cilantro, jalapeño, garlic, onion, and sesame seeds and pulse until everything is finely ground and the mixture is a fine, web crumb. Transfer the mixture to a bowl, stir in the baking soda, and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottom saucepan. Using a small ice cream scoop, pack the falafel mixture tightly into the scoop and form balls, slightly smaller than a golf ball. Carefully drop the balls into the hot oil, and fry a few at a time until golden brown, making sure to flip them over as soon as they are brown on one side. Using a slotted spoon, remove the falafel from the oil to a paper towel-lined plate and let cool and excess oil drip off. Repeat process with the remaining falafels.
- In a large bowl, combine the lettuces, cabbage, cucumber, tomatoes and fresh herbs. Add the falafel on top and serve with the dressing on the side.
- To make the Tahini dressing combine all of the ingredients in a blender, and blend until smooth and creamy. Add more water to thin, if desired. It will thicken up when it's chilled!
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