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Crispy Baked Falafel Bowls

Name: Crispy Baked Falafel Bowls
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 300 g dried chickpeas, soaked overnight and drained; 80 g parsley and coriander; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tsp ground cumin; 40 g chickpea flour; 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 600 g cooked quinoa; 1 cucumber, roughly chopped; 3 tomatoes, cut into rough wedges; 180 ml lemon tahini sauce

Craggy oven-baked falafel with a moist centre, rough chopped salad and lemon tahini. No fryer and no beige bowl.

Prep20 mins

Cook25 mins

Serves4

DifficultyEasy

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Irregular baked falafel bowl with rough salad and tahini — **TooGut pick**Flexible, practical, genuinely delicious.

Use soaked dried chickpeas, not canned. Their raw starch helps the falafel hold shape while staying coarse and green inside.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves4

Falafel

300 gdried chickpeas, soaked overnight and drained
80 gparsley and coriander
2 clovesgarlic
2 tspground cumin
40 gchickpea flour
3 tbspextra virgin olive oil

Bowls

600 gcooked quinoa
1 cucumber, roughly chopped
3 tomatoes, cut into rough wedges
180 mllemon tahini sauce

One step at a time

Let’s cook.

Tick each step as you go. Built-in timers keep the important moments close.

Keep the mixture coarse

Pulse chickpeas, herbs, garlic, cumin, chickpea flour and salt until pebbly and able to hold when squeezed.

Shape rough rounds

Form 16 uneven falafel with damp hands. Brush generously with oil.

Bake and turn

Bake at 220°C for 15 minutes, turn and bake for 8 to 10 minutes more until deeply golden.

Build loose bowls

Divide quinoa, cucumber and tomato. Add falafel and spoon over tahini without arranging everything into sections.

Per serve, estimate · Metric

Nutrition snapshot

Energy2,200 kJ

Protein19 g

Carbohydrate66 g

Fibre15 g

Fat20 g

Approximate only. Values change with brands, portions and selected swaps.

Set yourself up

Equipment

✓ Food processor
✓ Large oven tray
✓ Baking paper

Crispy Baked Falafel Bowls

Ingredients

Falafel

Bowls

Let’s cook.

Keep the mixture coarse

Shape rough rounds

Bake and turn

Build loose bowls

Nutrition snapshot

Equipment

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