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Super-green falafel bowl topped with beetroot hummus

These bowls are full of nourishing ingredients that can be thrown together in only 20 minutes. The homemade falafels make this a satisfying vegetarian dish.

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Green falafels
  • 400g can chickpeas, drained
  • 1 cup raw cashews
  • 1 small egg
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1½ cups fresh chopped parsley and/or coriander
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ cup besan ( chickpea) or wholemeal flour
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Bowls
  • 12–16 falafels (from recipe above)
  • ¾ cup wholemeal couscous
  • 1 avocado, quartered
  • 100g mixed rocket and watercress
  • 2 carrots, cut into batons
  • 8 radishes, quartered
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
  • 8 tablespoons reduced-fat tzatziki
  • 8 tablespoons beetroot hummus
  • 1½ tablespoons pistachios
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Place the chickpeas, cashews, egg, garlic, fresh herbs, cumin and salt in a food processor and blend until well combined. Form into small balls, flatten slightly and toss in flour. Heat a non-stick frypan over medium heat. When hot add a drizzle of olive oil and half of the falafels. Cook for 3–4 minutes each side. Turn over to cook the other side. Remove and place on a plate covered with a paper towel, then repeat process with remaining falafels.

    2 Pour 1¼ cups of boiling water over couscous, and set aside for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork. Dip the bottom of the avocado in the sesame seeds to coat.

    3 Evenly divide and arrange all ingredients in bowls, top with 3–4 falafels each, beetroot hummus and sprinkle with pistachios.

    HFG tip

    Make these delicious falafels 3-4 days in advance and store them in the fridge uncooked, until you are ready.

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