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Airfryer Falafel

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Today we're making Airfryer Falafel with chickpeas and cumin, an easy recipe that we serve in flour tortillas with a finger-licking yogurt sauce. We love pairing them with crisp lettuce and red onion to create tacos full of flavour, perfect for sharing and switching up the routine.

Prep: 20 minCook: 12 minServes: 4

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients for the falafel

  • 300g dried raw chickpeas
  • 4 tablespoons flour
  • 1 spring onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • Pink salt
  • Fresh parsley

Here are the ingredients to serve

  • 1 Romaine lettuce
  • 1 red onion
  • 4 flour tortillas
  • Greek yogurt
  • Garlic powder
  • Pink salt
  • Lemon juice
  • Fresh parsley

Step by step

Method

  1. 1Soak the raw chickpeas in plenty of water for 24 to 48 hours.
  2. 2Once soaked, drain thoroughly and pat completely dry with kitchen paper.
  3. 3Process all the falafel ingredients in a food processor until you get a cohesive mixture.
  4. 4Let the mixture rest in the fridge for 30-45min.
  5. 5Shape into falafel patties and cook in the air fryer for 10-12min at 180ºC.
  6. 6Meanwhile, thinly slice the lettuce and red onion.
  7. 7Mix the Greek yogurt with garlic powder, salt, parsley, and lemon juice.
  8. 8Warm a flour tortilla in a dry frying pan for a few seconds on each side.
  9. 9Build your taco: lettuce, red onion, falafel, and a good drizzle of yogurt sauce.

Variations

  1. 1You can bake them in the oven
  2. 2You can fry them in oil
  3. 3You can swap the wheat flour for chickpea flour

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