Falafel Wrap

AUTHOR
Avis Adkins
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4.3 16
Looking for a snack idea? Why don't you fill tortilla cakes with homemade falafel, tzatziki and vegetables?
COOK TIME
45 mins
TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 250 g clarified butter
  • 2 can(s) (425 ml each) Chickpeas
  • 1/2 bunch Parsley
  • 1/2 bunch Coriander
  • 2 Egg yolk (size M)
  • 8 TABLESPOONS Breadcrumbs
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper from the mill
  • 1/2 TEASPOON Cumin
  • 1 pack of Tortilla wheat cake (8 pieces ; 320 g)
  • 150 g Date tomatoes
  • 250 g Cucumber
  • 80 g Rocket
  • 200 g Tsatsiki
  • 8 TSP Aiwar (spicy-hot spice paste)
  • 7-10 Tbsp Aluminium foil
  • 7-10 Tbsp wooden skewers

Directions

  1. 1

    Peel and finely dice the onion and garlic. Heat 1 tsp. clarified butter in a frying pan. Sauté onion and garlic for 2-3 minutes, remove and let cool.

  2. 2

    In the meantime, pour the chickpeas into a sieve, rinse cold and drain. Wash parsley and coriander, shake dry and chop coarsely. Puree the chickpeas, onion, garlic, parsley, coriander and egg yolks with the chopping stick.

  3. 3

    Mix in 5 tbsp. breadcrumbs and flour, season to taste with salt, pepper and cumin.

  4. 4

    With moistened hands form approx. 16 balls from it. Turn the balls in remaining breadcrumbs. Heat remaining clarified butter in a large pan (not hotter than 170 °C, to test, dip a wooden spoon into the fat.

  5. 5

    If bubbles appear on the spoon, it is hot enough). Fry the balls in it in 2 portions for 4-5 minutes until golden brown, take them out and let them drip off on kitchen paper. Warm the wheat cakes according to the instructions on the packet.

  6. 6

    In the meantime, wash and drain the tomatoes and cut them into slices. Clean the cucumber, wash, grate dry and cut into thin slices. Clean, wash and spin dry lettuce. Possibly cut a little smaller.

  7. 7

    Place the wheat patties next to each other on the work surface. Spread tzatsiki evenly on top. Halve the falafel balls and divide them with lettuce, ajvar, tomato and cucumber slices on one half of each flat cake.

  8. 8

    Fold over half without covering and roll up into "pockets". Fix with wooden skewers.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
730 kcal
CARBS
85 g
FATS
30 g
PROTEINS
23 g