Falafel in Pitta Breads with Homemade Salsa

  • Brand
  • Preparation time
    20 min
  • Difficulty
    Easy
  • Number of servings
    10
Who says vegetarian has to be boring? A great hand held snack that offers traditional middle eastern flavours.
Ingredients
  • 800g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained and dried
  • 150ml fat free yogurt
  • 10g garlic, chopped
  • 5g MAGGI® Vegetable Bouillon
  • 10g flat leaf parsley, chopped
  • 1tbsp Moroccan spice mix
  • 50g plain flour
  • 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 10 toasted pitta/flatbread, wholemeal
  • 100g shredded lettuce
  • 200g MAGGI® Rich & Rustic Tomato Sauce
  • ½ red pepper, sliced
  • ½ yellow pepper, sliced
  • ½ green pepper, sliced
  • 10g coriander
Preparation
  • 1
    Add the chickpeas, yogurt, garlic, parsley, spice mix, flour and half of the oil to a food processor.
  • 2
    Blend until smooth and shape into 10 equal patties.
  • 3
    Heat the remaining oil in a non-stick frying pan, add the patties, and quickly fry for 3 minutes on each side until lightly golden.
  • 4
    Prepare the salsa by mixing together the cucumber, rich and rustic, peppers and coriander.
  • 5
    Serve the falafals in the pitta bread with a side salad and the salsa.

Try serving with some sour cream mixed with lime juice and a pinch of paprika.

Typical Values

Per 100g

Per Serve 

Reference Intake

% RI*

Energy

716 kJ

170 kcal

1346 kJ

319 kcal

8400 kJ

2000 kcal

16%

Fat

3.2g

6.0g

70g

9%

of which: saturates

0.4g

0.8g

20g

4%

Carbohydrate

27.0g

50.7g

260g

20%

of which: sugars

2.4g

4.5g

90g

5%

Fibre

4.4g

8,3g

-

-

Protein

6.1g

11.5g

50g

23%

Salt

0.65g

1.23g

6g

20%

 

*Reference Intake of an average adult (8400 kJ/2000 kcal).

Based on the stated recipe. Portions should be adjusted for children of different ages.