Protein packed Falafel

Name: Protein packed Falafel
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup chickpeas (overnight soaked); 1/4 cup roasted peanut (optional); 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 teaspoon cumin powder; 1 tablespoon dried parsley leaves; 1 bunch fresh coriander leaves; 1 big onion sliced; 7-8 cloves garlic; 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 bunch fresh spinach leaves; 2 whole green chillies

Flavors by Soumi @Soumi_Nag

Kolkata

#Np
Week 1
Falafel is a Mediterranean snack , which consists chickpeas as main ingredient along with some herbs. This plant based Patties are full of protein, fiber & other nutrients . You can pair this item with pita or rice or you can eat those as snack.
To make Falafel extra protein rich & nutritious, I have added some spinach & few ground nut to it .

Flavors by Soumi @Soumi_Nag

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Ingredients

20 minutes

4 people

1 cupchickpeas (overnight soaked)
1/4 cuproasted peanut (optional)
1 tablespoonlime juice
1 teaspooncumin powder
1 tablespoondried parsley leaves
1 bunchfresh coriander leaves
1big onion sliced
7-8 clovesgarlic
1 tablespoonextra virgin olive oil
1/2 bunchfresh spinach leaves
2whole green chillies

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Steps

20 minutes

1

First put all the ingredients in a blender/food processor to make a coarse paste.
2

Now take a small tennis ball size portion from the mixture & give it a patty/tikki like shape.
3

Now add little olive oil to a heated pan then shallow fry those patties both sides until golden brown.
4

Once all the Falafels are done.Serve with tzatziki dip or any other dip of your choice.