Mediterranean
Falafel Mezze Plate
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Falafel Mezze Plate is Mediterranean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Pulse the drained chickpeas, onion, garlic, parsley, cumin, coriander, and salt in a food processor into a coarse, sticky paste.
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Pulse in the flour and baking powder, then shape the mixture into 16 small patties.
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Heat the frying oil to 350F and fry the falafel in batches until deep golden and crisp, about 4 minutes, then drain.
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Thin the tahini with the juice of one lemon and a little water into a drizzling sauce.
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Warm the pita and cut into wedges, and dice the cucumber and tomatoes with a squeeze of lemon.
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Build plates with falafel, hummus, the salad, pita, and a drizzle of tahini sauce.
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Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Falafel Mezze Plate carries gluten and sesame. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Baked Falafel Plate |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Beef Kofta Kebabs |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 56 g
- Fat
- 26 g
- Fiber
- 12 g
- Sugar
- 6 g
- Sodium
- 780 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Falafel Mezze Plate takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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