Falafel Waffles

Prep: 20min
| Servings: 4 | Cook: 15min
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The Falafel Waffles from Spoonsparrow are a successful variation of the oriental classic.

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 480 g Chickpeas (canned; drained weight)
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • 6 tbsp Olive oil
  • 1 handful Coriander (approx. 5 g)
  • 1 handful parsley (approx. 5 g)
  • 0.5 lemon (juice)
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • Salt
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 280 g Greek yogurt
  • Pepper
  • 1 handful Mint (approx. 5 g)

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Separate the eggs (use the yolks for another recipe). Place the chickpeas in a mixer with baking powder, egg whites, and 4 tbsp of olive oil. Wash the coriander and parsley, shake dry, set aside a few coriander leaves, add the remaining herbs with lemon juice, cumin, and salt to the mixing bowl and blend everything into a fine paste.

  2. 2.

    Heat a waffle iron, grease it lightly with oil and bake the mixture gradually into 4 falafel waffles. Let them cool on a plate or keep warm in the oven as desired.

  3. 3.

    Peel and chop the garlic, mix with yogurt and season with salt and pepper. Wash the mint, shake dry, pluck the leaves, set aside a few, finely chop the rest, add to the yogurt and mix. Garnish the falafel waffles with a dollop of mint yogurt and coriander and mint leaves.