One thing that no one can’t resist are burgers. Another thing that many people cannot resist are falafel; you’d find just few people who wouldn’t like it!
The best vegan recipe that even carnivores would dig!
As a proud Lebanese Middle Eastern woman, you will always of course find in my freezer some falafel, next to the hummus and sanbousek and some few “survival essentials” in any Middle Eastern home!
Which makes this recipe very easy to prepare within less than 30 mins.
I highly advice you to keep some falafel dough in the freezer whenever you don’t know what to make, just remove it from freezer and pop it in the oven or air fryer. For air-fryer; a freezed falafel is the best option to have these crispy from the outside and soft from the inside texture that you would have with deep fried falafel.
Falafel are high protein and very healthy earthy dish the only down side is the frying section in the traditional recipes, so if you remove that and add the burger concept!?? I don’t think you can have anything more perfect than that!!!
Baked falafel ham with the non-replaceable tangy tahini dressing and some sour turnip pickles and extra tomato, kale leaves parsley and cucumbers to leave a refreshing texture, hug all those with a soft sesame seeds burger bun and you hold heaven in your hands!
Honestly this is one of my favorite burgers, I prefer it over any meat burger, it’s simply delicious.
Try it with the toppings I used and you won’t regret it because it’s the perfect combination of textures and flavors. I made sure I maintained the earthly fresh taste of the traditional recipe but with a twist!
It is perfect also for a big crowd because 500g of this falafel dough with the fillings and toppings in a burger can feed a lot of people!
if you love burger check out this link for more delicious recipes and also i have many Falafel Recipes to enjoy !
Falafel Vegan Burger
some falafel? You know what let's have both!! An ultimate combination of my two
favorite comfort dishes in one big fat burger. Don't be fooled by the FAT word,
it is a very healthy fried-free and vegan burger that is so delicious and yet
very easy to do! So let us dig in guys!
Ingredients
For the falafel patty:
- 250 g chickpeas soaked overnight
- 250 g split fava beans * soaked overnight
- 1 small batch of fresh coriander washed
- 1 small batch of fresh parsley washed
- 2 big onions peeled and cut into 4 quarters *
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1/2 tbsp. dry coriander
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tbsp sweet paprika pepper
- 1/2 tbsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp seven spices*
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 lemon zest
- 1/2 tbsp bicarbonate of soda
For assembly:
- Burger buns
- Parsley leaves washed and drained
- Cucumber ribbons
- Tomato slices
- Kale leaves washed and drained
- Red cabbage cut into thin ribbons
- Turnip pickles check notes for an amazing turnip pickles recipe
Tarator tahini dressing: Mix 2 Tbsp. tahini, 2 Tbsp. lemon juice, 1 clove garlic minced 1 tbsp, parsley and salt to taste you can make it thick or light for your liking by adding some water but with the burger it is preferable to leave it thick.
Instructions
For the patty dough:
- drain and rinse well all your ingredients before you start.
- in a food processor add all the ingredients except the bicarbonate of soda.
- and pulse until you a smooth texture that have a wet sand similar texture but it holds together like a thick paste. *
- pour the mixture into a bowl cover and let it sit in the refrigerator between 30 minutes minimum up to 2 hours. *
for the baking:
- whenever you want to cook the falafel, remove from fridge and add the bicarbonate and mix it.
- Scoop around 1/3 cup of the mixture, gently form it into balls and press it between your hands until you have a patty shape.
- cook in the air-fryer on medium heat level 2 or 3 for 12 minutes flipping in the middle. (check notes for oven version)
- Finish all the falafel mixture and set aside.
- For the assembly:
- Halve the burger buns and lightly toast them, spread some of the tarator dressing on the inside sides of the buns align some kale leaves, turnip pickles, falafel patty, tomato, red cabbage, cucumber and parsley, close it and dig in!
Notes
• the onion you could use one instead of two if you don’t like the strong flavor but it is really recommended
• you can put less cumin if you don’t like the strong flavor of cumin.
• don’t over process the mixture or you will end up with hummus instead of falafel. if your processor is small divide the mixture into two parts and pulse each part aside and then mix it all together with a spatula in a big deep bowl.
• This recipe can be easily frozen for later , just after mixing everything and BEFORE adding the bicarbonate , store it in a zip lock bag and put it in the freezer whenever you want to use remove the night before and put it down in the fridge or on the kitchen counter top before few hours.
• the most important thing is not to add the bicarbonate of soda in the mixture if you don’t need to bake in the next 30 minutes maximum.
• If you cannot find the “Arabic seven spices mix” in the grocery store you can easily mix it at home: 2 tbsp black pepper, 2 tbsp paprika, 2 tbsp ground cumin, 1tbsp ground coriander, 1 tbsp ground cloves, 1 tsp ground nutmeg, 1tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp ground cardamom