Falafel Sandwich | Not So Junky - by Chef Siddharth | Sanjeev Kapoor Khazana

Healthy Chickpeas falafal air fried and clubbed in a bread.

FALAFEL SANDWICH

Ingredients

1 cup chickpeas, soaked for 8-10 hours and drained
4 brown pita breads
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Salt to taste
½ teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon paprika
Crushed black peppercorns to taste
¼ cup fresh brown breadcrumbs
Olive oil spray as required
½ small iceberg lettuce leave, shredded
1 large tomato, sliced
Onion rings as required
Fresh mint leaves for garnishing
Yogurt sauce
¾ cup yogurt
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
Salt to taste
Juice of ½ lemon
Crushed black peppercorns to taste
1 tablespoon chopped spring onion greens

Method

1. Preheat an air-fryer to 180̊ C.
2. Coarsely grind the chickpeas in a food processor and transfer in a bowl.
3. Add onion, parsley, salt, cumin powder and paprika to ground chickpeas and mix. Add crushed peppercorns and breadcrumbs mix well.
4. Divide the mixture into equal portions and shape into falafels.
5. Spray some olive oil spray in the air fryer basket, place the falafels and spray some olive oil spray on top.
6. Put the basket into the preheated air-fryer and air-fry for 12-15 minutes.
7. To prepare yogurt sauce, take garlic in a bowl. Add salt, lemon juice and yogurt and mix. Add crushed peppercorns and mix. Add spring onion greens and mix well.
8. Halve pita breads and place into the preheated air-fryer for 1-2 minutes.
9. Spread some yogurt sauce on warm pita breads. Spread some shredded lettuce leaves and place tomato roundels, falafels and few onion rings on half of halved pita breads.
10. Drizzle some yogurt sauce on top, place few mint leaves, cover with remaining pita bread halves and serve immediately.


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