Recipe:
Soybean Falafel Pita Pockets
Posted in Freshly Picked
Anything chickpeas can do, soy can do better! Okay, not anything — but these soybean falafels certainly give traditional ones a run for their money… Slathered with hummus and all the fixings, these are pockets of pure comfort!
Prep:
20
mins
cook
15
mins
serves
4
Easy Peasy
You will need:
- 1 cup dried soybeans
- 2 slices of bread, blitzed into breadcrumbs
- 1 ½ tablespoons chickpea flour
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- Big pinch salt
- ½ teaspoon bicarb soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 5 spring onions, finely chopped
- 1 bunch parsley, chopped
- 20ml extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cracks of black pepper
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced
- 40ml red wine vinegar
- 1 cucumber
- 1 teaspoon sumac
- ½ lemon, juice only
- More parsley
- 2 carrots
- 100g hummus
- 4 flatbreads/ pita pockets
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Recipe:
Simon Toohey
Directions:
- 1Soak the soybeans overnight. Pressure cook for 15 minutes.
- 2Place all the falafel ingredients into a large bowl and mash with a potato masher until everything is broken down. The mixture should be mashed until it becomes combined, but slightly rough. It's fine if there are some full beans — the different sizes of the soybeans create a better texture at the end!
- 3Roll into balls and set aside. Heat some vegetable oil in a pan over medium heat, then fry the falafels until golden brown on both sides.
- 4Thinly slice the red onion and place in the red wine vinegar to soak for a few minutes.
- 5Cut the cucumber into long strips and place in a bowl with oil, sumac, lemon juice, and some salt.
- 6Grate the carrot. Chop a few stalks of parsley.
- 7Warm the flatbreads in the oven until warm. Cut the tops off the flatbread, gently open the 'pockets', and push 2 or 3 falafels down the centre; use a fork to squish them down a bit. Then add the onion, cucumber, carrot and parsley and finally, a generous scoop of hummus.
- 8Drizzle over a squeeze of lemon, roll that baby up and enjoy!
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