Air Fried Falafel with Creamy Dairy Free Yogurt Sauce

These delicious and filling air fried falafel is a great source of vegan protein to meal prep for your week of lunches, or serve as a delicious topping for a greek salad or mezze plater. Chickpeas are a great source of fiber filled protein. If time allows, soaking and sprouting your chickpeas prior to preparing this dish will increase their nutritional benefits and make them easier to digest. If time does not allow, I like to purchase chickpeas that have already been pressure cooked. Eden Organics sells presoaked pressure cooked beans which helps reduce indigestible sugars by over 75%. Purchase them from your local grocery store or here.

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Air Fried Falafel with Dairy Free Yogurt Sauce

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Author: Courtney Capazzi

Prep time: 5 MinTotal time: 5 Min

This amazing, healthy, high protein falafel is full of flavor and the perfect recipe to make ahead of time so you can throw them in salads for lunch all week, or freeze them to save for when you need a quick meal.

IngredientsUSMetric

Falafel

• 1 (15.5 ounce) can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 1 small yellow onion, quartered
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 cup chopped parsley
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 1/4 cup chopped scallions
• 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon aluminum free baking powder
• 4 tablespoons cassava flour (or almond flour)
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Garlic & Dill Yogurt Sauce

• 1 cup CocoJune Probiotic coconut Yogurt
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1/4 cup fresh chopped dill
• 1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 1 tsp honey
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Falafel Instructions

1. Rinse chickpeas and then lay them out on a kitchen towel to dry.
2. Place the onions and garlic in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until roughly chopped.
3. Add in the parsley, cilantro, scallions, cumin, salt, red pepper flakes and mustard and process until blended (30-60 seconds).
4. Add the chickpeas and pulse until chopped and blended but not pureed.
5. Sprinkle in the baking powder and flour and pulse a few times until incorporated.
6. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate covered for at least 1 hour.
7. Preheat air fryer to 350F.
8. Remove the chilled falafel batter from the refrigerator and roll into 1" balls.
9. Brush the bottom of the air fryer with olive oil. Place the falafel balls in the air fryer and cook for 20 minutes or until golden brown, turning half way through.

Garlic & Dill Yogurt Sauce

1. Place all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix to combine. Add salt to taste.

Notes

Refrigerate for ip to 4 days. Freeze uncooked balls for up to 6 months. Defrost in the refrigerator overnight before air frying.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

58.45

Fat

1.45

Sat. Fat

0.18

Carbs

9.77

Fiber

1.46

Net carbs

8.31

Sugar

4.08

Protein

2.17

Sodium

192.27

Cholesterol

0.28

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