Vegan falafel burger with tarator sauce
 
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Cuisine: Mediterranean Diet
Serves: 12 falafel burgers
Ingredients
For the Falafel:
  • 500g (2 ½ cups) Split dried fava beans
  • 250g (1 ¼ cups) Dried chickpeas
  • 1 Potato, peeled and cut into small pieces
  • 1 Onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 5 Garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced
  • ½ Teaspoon of baking soda
  • ¼ Teaspoon of baking powder
  • 1 Teaspoon of salt
  • 1 Teaspoon of cumin
  • 1 Teaspoon of falafel spices (coriander, white pepper, cumin, cinnamon, black pepper, salt)
For the burger:
  • 12 Burger buns
  • 6 Organic lettuce leaves
  • 6 Organic tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 3 Organic radishes thinly sliced
  • Tarator Sauce
Instructions
For the falafel:
  1. Soak the dried fava beans in cold water for 10 hours. And soak the dried chickpeas in warm water for 10 hours. Ideally leave them soaked overnight. Rinse them well and drain.
  2. Have the ingredients prepared as indicated in the ingredients description.
  3. In a food processor mix the drained fava beans and chickpeas with the potato, onion and garlic cloves until combined but slightly chunky so that it maintains a bit of texture. Then add the cumin, the falafel spices and the salt and mix it all well with the help of a spoon until combined.
  4. Keep the mix refrigerated for 20 minutes.
  5. Remove the mix from the fridge and add the baking soda and the baking powder. Mix it all well and with your hands shape the falafel burgers.
  6. Traditionally they are deep fried in oil for 4-5 minutes until golden. But personally I am not a big fan of frying and this is my cooking suggestion: Lightly grease an oven tray with olive oil and preheat the oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F). In a large frying pan heat a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil over moderate heat, add the falafels and sauté for 3-4 minutes on one side until lightly golden, and then turn on the other side and sauté them for 3-4 more minutes. Then add them in the oven tray and bake them in the oven for 35-40 minutes, flipping them at the halfway point for even cooking.
For the burger:
  1. Have all the vegetables well washed and prepared as indicated in the ingredients description.
  2. Once the falafel is ready, fill in each of the burger buns with the falafel, the lettuce, the tomatoes and the radishes and add tarator sauce to taste.
Notes
My suggestion is to serve the falafel burger with baked sweet potato fries .
Recipe by Tasty Mediterraneo at https://www.tastymediterraneo.com/vegan-falafel-burger-with-tarator-sauce/