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Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus

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Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus - ABOUT FALAFEL WITH HUMMUS AND PITA BREAD RECIPE. This vegan falafel in pitta bread is healthy, flavourful and packed with full of nutrients. The falafel is very easy to make with simple ingredients. I used bread crumbs for crunchiness but if you prefer not to use it that's OK as well and it's still yummy☺ I wanted to cook something light for dinner because it was quite hot again today. Common across the Middle East, falafel are fried balls made from ground chickpeas, traditionally served in pita bread or flatbread, along with tomato and cucumber salad and hummus.

Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus

Split the pitta bread in half and fill the pockets with the mixed salad.

Tuck three to four falafel into each pitta, top with a little hummus sauce and serve with lemon wedges.

You can have Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus using 17 ingredients and 28 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus

  1. You need Falafel.
  2. You need 1 cup cheakpeas/Kabuli chana.
  3. You need handful coriander leaves.
  4. Prepare 1/2 tsp coriander powder.
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp cumin powder.
  6. It's to taste Salt.
  7. You need 1/2 tsp chilli powder.
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp black pepper powder.
  9. Prepare 2 tbsp maida / refined flour / plain flour.
  10. Prepare As needed Oil for deep frying.
  11. It's 1/2 tsp lemon juice.
  12. Prepare 1/4 tsp baking soda.
  13. Prepare Hummus.
  14. Prepare 120 gm cheakpeas.
  15. You need 3 tbsp sesame Seeds.
  16. It's 4 tbsp olive oil.
  17. You need 1-2 spoon lemon juice.

Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus step by step

  1. Firstly soak one cup of cheakpea with enough water overnight.
  2. Next day drain the water and Transfer to the bowl.
  3. Also add fistful coriander and 1/2 coriander powder, 1/2 cumin powder, 1/2 chilli powder, 1/2 pepper powder, lemon juice and salt to taste.
  4. Additionally, add in 2 tbsp maida.
  5. Blend it coarsely in a food processor without adding any water..
  6. Add baking soda and mix it well.
  7. Now wet your hands and prepare small sized balls. If the dough is sticking then add a tbsp more of maida.
  8. Deep fry that balls in hot oil.
  9. Once the Falafel turns to golden brown, drain off on to the kitchen paper.
  10. Finally, falafel is ready to serve. Enjoy this with hummus and for more taste enjoy with pitta bread..
  11. So now for the hummus, rinse 120 gm cheakpea in water first and then soak with enough water overnight..
  12. After the soaking cheakpeas will double in size and volume..
  13. Next day, rinse the cheakpeas with water first a couple of times.
  14. Drain all water and add cheakpeas in pressure cooker then add 1/2 tsp salt and pinch of baking soda..
  15. Add 1.5 cups of water and keep the pressure cooker on a medium flame for 10 to 12 minutes..
  16. When the pressure settled down on it's own in the cooker, remove the lid and check the cheakpeas.
  17. Mash them with spoon or with your fingers. You should mash them completely. They should have no rawness in them.
  18. Now heat a small pan and keep the flame low. Add sesame seeds in that pan..
  19. On a low flame stiring often roast sesame seeds.
  20. Roast till they become crisp..
  21. Now main part of making hummus. In mixer grinder take the roasted sesame seeds.
  22. Powder it to semi fine texture..
  23. Add 1 or 2 spoon of lemon juice it will give you more tangy taste..
  24. Add 4 table spoon of extra virgin olive oil and little bit salt as we have already boiled the cheakpeas with salt..
  25. Blend it in fine consistency. Now add cooked cheakpeas into that mixture..
  26. Grind it till smooth and light..
  27. Hummus is ready.
  28. Pitta bread you can buy readymade.

Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus - Slice a thin piece lengthways from each pitta. Put mayonnaise or hummus inside the pitta then add the salad ingredients. Drizzle sweet chilli sauce over everything if using. See great recipes for Pitta bread with Falafel and Hummus, Hummus,,Arabic dish too! Staying true to authentic baking methods, these flatbreads are made with the finest ingredients using traditional baking methods. Stonefire recipes showcase the versatility of our flatbreads. Falafel is traditionally made from chickpeas (garbanzo beans) which makes it a filling, high fiber food. Thank you and good luck