"Baked Beetroot Falafel: After a few indulgent weeks, we’re both ready to revert back to a healthy and balanced diet with lots of lovely nutritious meals. These beetroot falafels are packed with lots of good stuff, including iron and omega-3 fatty acids, and baking is a great way to reduce the calorie count. You can serve these however you like. We usually go for wholemeal pitta, sliced veggies, hummus, chilli sauce and garlic sauce. Don’t worry if you can’t find vegan-friendly garlic sauce. You can easily make your own using soya yoghurt and diced garlic. Enjoy!"
Baked Beetroot Falafel
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Serves 5 people:
Ingredients:
1 cup raw beetroot (roughly chopped)
1 (15-oz.) can chickpeas (drained, rinsed and dried)
1/2 medium yellow onion (roughly chopped)
4 garlic cloves (roughly chopped)
Large handful of parsley
1/4 cup walnuts
1/4 cup breadcrumbs
Zest of half a lemon
2 tsp ground cumin
Large pinch of salt & pepper
2 tsp olive oil
To serve:
5 wholemeal pittas
Hummus
Mixed greens
Cucumbers (sliced)
Tomato (sliced)
Red onion (sliced)
Chilli sauce (optional)
Garlic sauce (optional)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
Transfer all the falafel ingredients to a food processor. Then pulse the ingredients a few times until they have broken down but the mixture is still quite rough.
Take a small handful of the falafel mixture and compress it into a ball roughly the size of a golf ball, then transfer to the baking tray. Repeat this step until all of the falafel mixture has been used up and pressed into balls. You should be left with 15 or so falafel balls.
Place the tray with the falafel balls in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the pitas in the oven for a few minutes or in the toaster. Then slice open the pitta breads on one side and fill with a spread of hummus, a few pieces of mixed greens and slices of cucumber, tomato and red onion.
Remove the falafels from the oven and and place 3 in each pita.
Serve with a drizzle of chilli sauce and garlic sauce, if desired.