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Falafel

Make healthy falafel balls without frying or cooking to keep the nutional value as high as possible!
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Prep Time 1 hour
Course Side Dish

Equipment

  • 1 Food Processor
  • 1 Dehydrator or oven If you want it to be raw and you only have an oven then dry the falafel balls with the door open on the lowest temperture.

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tbsp Fresh dill or parsly
  • 1 tsp Coriander seeds
  • 2 tsp Coriander seeds
  • 8 Sundried tomatoes chopped Soaked for 1 or 2 hours and chopped
  • 1/4 cup Sunflower seeds or buckwheat or a mix Soaked for 1 or 2 hours
  • 3 tbsp Fresh coriander
  • 2 tsp Oregano
  • 1/4 tsp Cayenne or chili powder
  • 1 clove Garlic
  • 2 Shallots
  • 1 Carrot
  • 1/2 Red pepper
  • Pepper & salt to your taste
  • 1/4 lemon squeeze

Instructions
 

  • Grind the pumpkin seeds the food processor first then add the rest of the ingredients slowly until it becomes like a dough.
    Form into small balls and flatten gently.
    Dehydrate on 105 for approx 8 hours, check half way and turn.

Notes

The falafel goes really well with
Cucumber tzatziki
Ingredients:
  • 1/2 cup of ground cashew nuts soaked in water for 1 hour
  • 1 small cucumber
  • 1⁄2 lemon juiced
  • Salt and pepper 
  • Half a clove of garlic
Blend the soaked cashew nuts with some water and the juice of 1/2 a lemon,
then add some salt and pepper to your taste.
This makes a nice alternative to yogurt.
Add grated cucumber to the cashew yogurt and your tzatziki is ready!
Easy Peacy!