Falafel kebab
Falafel kebab is a delicious fast food that I treat myself to from time to time. However, as I am very spoiled, especially when it comes to falafel quality, I have simply developed a falafel kebab recipe myself. You will definitely enjoy the falafel, salad, sauce and bread. The mixture of different flavors and textures makes the vegetarian kebab a real treat.
Make your own falafel kebab – it’s all about these 4 components
I have eaten many kebabs with falafel in my life and unfortunately there have been a few that didn’t taste so good. Most of the time it was because the falafel wasn’t fresh, spicy or crispy. But sometimes the bread was too soggy, the sauces too limp and the salad too wilted. So here are the instructions for making your own falafel kebab and a few helpful tips:
- The bread: you can use the classic Turkish flatbread or pita bread. You can either bake the bread yourself or buy it from an Arab bakery. Warm it again before filling it with the falafel kebab ingredients.
- The falafels: you should make them yourself so that they taste really good. It’s best to make a small stock using the original falafel recipe, as you can freeze falafel. And if you want to save a few calories, prepare the chickpea balls in a hot air fryer or in the oven – they will get crispy there too.
- The sauces: are really essential. I recommend a spicy and a refreshing sauce. That’s why I made a spicy harissa mayo and a mild yogurt-mint sauce.
- The salad: my creation consists of marinated red cabbage, crunchy sumac onions with parsley and fresh tomatoes.
The great thing about stuffed pita pockets is that you can change the ingredients as you wish if there is one you don’t like or can’t tolerate.
For example, if you don’t like harissa mayo or you prefer a classic sauce instead of the yoghurt-mint sauce, then make a creamy tzatziki. And you can swap the red cabbage salad for coleslaw with fresh herbs or tomato and cucumber salad. You can even give the falafel an upgrade: Beet falafel.
Would you like your falafel kebab to be vegan? Then all you need to do is swap the ingredients for the sauces – simply use vegan mayo and vegan yoghurt and your falafel kebab is vegan.
Recipe for falafel kebab
Ingredients
Marinated red cabbage
- 250 g Red cabbage
- 2 Tablespoon Olive oil
- 4 Tablespoon Apple vinegar
- Salt, pepper
Sumac onions
- 2 Red onion
- 10 g flat leaf parsley
- 2 Teaspoon Sumac
Harissa mayo
- 50 g Mayonnaise
- 1 Teaspoon Harissa
Yoghurt sauce
- 130 g Yogurt
- 1 Teaspoon dried mint
Falafel kebab
- ½ Turkish flatbread
- 1 Tomato
- 8 Falafel
Zubereitung
Preparation of marinated red cabbage
- Cut the red cabbage into thin strips and mix with the apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper, knead lightly (disposable gloves are recommended) and leave to marinate for 10 minutes.
Preparation of sumac onions
- Peel the onions and cut into rings.
- Pluck the parsley leaves from the stalks.
- Mix the onion rings with the parsley and sumac.
Preparation of harissa mayo
- Mix the mayonnaise with the harissa paste.
Preparation of yogurt sauce
- Mix the yoghurt with the dried mint and season with salt and pepper. If the sauce is too thick, you can dilute it with a little water.
Preparation of falafel kebab
- Halve the tomato and cut into slices.
- Cut the flatbread in half so that you now have 1/4 flatbread to use as a kebab pocket.
- Toast the flatbreads in a contact grill or in the oven until crispy.
- Cut open the flatbreads and spread with sauces.
- Press the falafel lightly and place in the pita pocket.
- Spread the tomatoes, sumac onions and marinated red cabbage over the falafel, press the falafel kebab together and enjoy.
Notes
Nährwerte
What is falafel kebab?
Falafel Döner is a delicious vegetarian flatbread pocket filled with falafel (crispy chickpea balls), salad and sauces. One of the healthiest fast foods – so treat yourself!
Have you got an appetite for more falafel recipes? Then try the falafel burger, falafel wrap, falafel bowl or Egyptian falafel ta’amia. And if you’re wondering what goes well with falafel as a side dish, you’ll find the answers here.
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