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Turkish Bulgur Salad with Cashew Falafel
Author:Ingredients
Bulgur salad:
- 250 g Bulgur
- 1 red pepper
- 1-2 carrots
- 1 onion
- small tomatoes
- fresh parsley
- 2 tbsp pepper paste
- 1-2 tbsp tomato paste
- 5 tbsp oil
- 1-2 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice
- garlic salt & pepper
- red pepper powder
- chili as option
- a bit sugar
Topping:
- vegan Feta cheese
- almond flakes
Falafel:
- 1 can chickpeas drained
- 100 g chickpea flour
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cloves garlic pressed
- fresh parsley
- coriander
- cumin
- salt & pepper
- lemon juice
- cashew butter as option
- oil for frying to brush
Instructions
- Cover bulgur according package instructions with hot salted water and let it swell.
- Meanwhile, slice your vegetables and chop parsley.
- Roast pepper, carrots and onion in a pan with some oil.
- Add pepper paste, tomato paste and bulgur and let cool down.
- As soon as the bulgur has cooled down a bit, stir in oil, parsley and tomatoes and add vinegar + seasonings to desired taste.
- For the falafel just blend all ingredients and add seasonings to taste.
- Then form balls, rounds or patties as desired (as option you can spread a bit cashew butter in the middle).
- Fry your falafel in a deep fryer or in a pot with hot oil for about 4-5 minutes or fry them in a pan, or brush your falafel with oil and bake them in the oven for about 25-30 minutes until golden brown (turn them around after 15 minutes).
- At least roast almond flakes for the topping in a pan.
- Serve falafel with bulgur salad + feta and roasted almond flakes.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition is calculated automatically and should be used as estimate.
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Loved this recipe 🙂
These falafels are really easy to make and taste delicious, just added a bit of crushed cashews inside and a few green olives to the bulgur salad. Was perfect and very filling !
Hi Sophie,
Thank you for trying my recipe!
So glad that you like it 🙂
Olives and crushed cashews are definitely like a great addition!
Much love,
Bianca