This salad is a twist on the falafel (pronounced falefeel) sandwich that is enjoyed around the Middle East. In Lebanon, a falafel sandwich comes stuffed with tomatoes, shredded lettuce, kabiss (mixed pickle varieties; chillies, beetroot, parsnip among others) lathered with tarator (tahini, garlic then diluted with lemon), maybe some batata (fries), wrapped in arabic bread and “BAM” as Emerill would say! Did I just describe heaven?
I probably have this salad 2-3 times a week for lunch! I’m usually in a rush, but adamant to satiate my hunger with something delicious and equally wholesome! I always make sure to keep batches of home made falafel in my freezer. It takes 20 minutes to grill them; in the mean time I prep the ingredients.
Falafel Salad
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Author: Bethany
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- 8-10 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 green onion, finely chopped
- 1 cucumber, quartered and chopped
- 100g crumbled or cubed Feta
- A handful of mixed greens- per person (to your taste! I like radicchio, frisee and rocket)
- 6 pickled chillies, chopped
- A bunch of coriander, clipped with a scissors
- 4-5 falafel, per person
For the dressing
- 1 tablespoon of hummus (or you can make a tarator sauce if you have more time)
- ½ lemon, juiced
Instructions
- Prepare falafel to your liking. Grill in the oven, saute lightly in oil or deep fry. You can also buy them ready made.
- Begin with the mixed greens of your choice. My favorite combo is frisee, radicchio and rocket.
- Add the coriander or herb of your choice; parsley, mint, dill, chives… and the rest of ingredients mentioned above.
- Mix the dressing. Add hummus, lemon juice, mix till desired consistency. By now the falafel should be ready.
- Slice them in half. Add to the salad. Drizzle the salad with the dressing.
I absolutely love felafel and have started having the craving! A salad looks fab! I must check out your recipe for the balls and will definitely make them next week! Yum!
I’m drooling, I love falafel so much that I would totally enjoy this salad. Looks beautifuls. I have to make your falafel balls. 🙂
very excited about making the falafel from scratch. never saw a recipe that really caught my eye till now. definitely will make a batch and grill some up for this salad.
Yummy ..that is sooo great i am sure that my husband will love it.
Thanx Beth for sharing your recipes.
God Bless You
yummy … wow,wow,your falafel salad is so delicious . i love your recipes beth love you habibte and god bless you. i can’t wait to see a new recipes
just made them, hoping i have the right pickled chillies and they wont blow our heads off but looking delicious babe…..
I just made the falafel salad and it was DELICIOUS.
I am going to try this salad with takeout falafel from Cairo. It looks like a good way to try to make falafel healthy!
Oh! I never thought of making a salad out of falafel…that’s really new to me…i made just pita pockets with it. But i just learned something new here..awesome recipe…nice combo of veggies..i like feta cheese with cucumbers…will surely try this! Thanks for sharing.. 🙂
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A fave! thanks! RT @LoraKrulak: Love this falafel salad from @Bethanykd http://t.co/tx9NweFr Perfect summer treat!