Easy Falafel Served With Tomato & Red Onion Salad
Try our delicious and easy falafel recipe straight from the Tilda Kitchen.
- 16 - 30 Minutes
- Easy
- Serves 4
Method
Ingredients
Ingredients
For the falafel
- 1 pack of Tilda Sweet Chilli & Lime Steamed Basmati
- 100g of drained butter beans
- 2 tbsp of Tahini sauce
- 1 small onion
- A handful of fresh dill
- A handful of fresh coriander
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 1/2 tsp of ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp of ground coriander
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Sunflower oil for frying
- Pitta breads to serve
For the yoghurt dip
- 100g of Greek yoghurt
- A handful of chopped mint
- 25g of grated cucumber
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the salad
- 1/2 a red onion, thinly sliced
- 6 small vine ripened tomatoes, sliced
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Torn coriander leaves to garnish
How to make Easy Falafel Served With Tomato & Red Onion Salad
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Place half the pack of rice and all the other ingredient in a food processor and blitz to a fairly smooth consistency with some flecks of onion and herbs still visible
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Season to taste
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Add the remaining rice and stir well
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Cover with cling film and chill for 30 minutes or longer if you can
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To make the yoghurt dip blend all the ingredients together and check seasoning
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For the Tomato and Red Onion salad mix together all the ingredients and season
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Mould the mix into 12 balls and then flatten them into patties
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Heat some oil in a pan and fry the falafels for 3-4 minutes each side over a medium heat, until golden brown
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Serve with warmed pittas, the Yoghurt Dip and the Tomato and Onion Salad
