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Falafel with garlic tahini sauce recipe
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Falafel with garlic tahini sauce recipe

18 ingredients 30 min + 10 min 4 people openrecipes

Lamb and cumin falafels, served with homemade tahini sauce and best eaten stuffed in pitta.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

725
Calories
38g
Protein
46g
Fat
45g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Lamb 100g cooked 294
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Tahini 1 tbsp (15g) 89
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 95 canned chickpeas, drained
  • g ground lamb
  • 340 green onions, white and light-green parts only, finely chopped
  • g garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 3 finely chopped fresh coriander
  • tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
  • 2 salt
  • 75 ground coriander
  • g ground cumin
  • 40 ground black pepper
  • g large pinch cayenne
  • 1 olive oil
  • tsp tahini
  • 1 canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • tsp lemon, juiced
  • 1 garlic cloves, chopped
  • tsp salt
  • 0.5 cayenne pepper

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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