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Homemade falafels with salad and pitta bread
Photo: Anna Pelzer

Homemade falafels with salad and pitta bread

14 ingredients 30 min + 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

These falafels are baked rather than fried for a healthy take on this simple and delicious Middle Eastern dish. This is designed to be a low cost recipe.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

505
Calories
20g
Protein
23g
Fat
60g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Chickpea 1/2 cup canned (120g) drained 134
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Bread 1 slice (30g) white 79
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4

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

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 garlic
  • 1 x 400g/14oz can chickpeas
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs
  • 1 lemon
  • and saltblack pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • ½ cucumber
  • 100g/3½oz tomatoestomatoes
  • 1 round lettuce
  • 4 pitta breads

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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