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Easy Baked Falafel Recipe with Tahini Sauce

5 from 5 votes
Get ready for this Easy Baked Falafel Recipe with Tahini Sauce. It's a vegan-friendly Mediterranean-inspired dish that's filled with flavor and made complete with a delicious lemon juice tang.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 12 falafel
Course: dinner, gluten-free, lunch, vegan
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Calories: 78

Ingredients
  

Falafel
  • 1 15 oz can chickpeas drained, rinsed, and dried.
  • 1/4 large red onion
  • 1/2 cup fresh cilantro
  • 1 cup fresh parsley
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1/4 cup oat flour
Tahini Sauce:
  • 1/4 cup tahini
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 1 small garlic clove pressed.
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 2-5 tbsp cold water depends how thin you want your sauce

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 400F and grease a dark baking sheet with olive or avocado oil.
  2. In a food processor, pulse onion, cilantro, parsley, and garlic until roughly chopped. About three pulses.
  3. Add in chickpeas, lemon, cumin, salt, and pepper. Pulse five times for about 1 full second, scraping down the side after three pulses. You do not want your mixture to turn into mush and want to have some small pieces of chickpeas throughout, however you do want it able to stick together, just not mush!
  4. Take out the blade and stir in the oat flour. 
  5. Form into patties almost like making hamburgers, and place on greased baking sheet.
  6. Bake for 13 minutes, then flip, and bake another 13 minutes.
  7. While falafel is baking, make tahini sauce by combining all ingredients together in a bowl. Add as much water as needed for desired consistency.
  8. Serve! Store in fridge for up to 5 days or freezer for 3 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 78kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 402mgPotassium: 131mgFiber: 2gSugar: 0.2gVitamin A: 478IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 1mg

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