- prep: 45 min
- cook: 55 min
- total: 1 hr 40 min
Summary
This weeknight falafel dinner brings the Middle Eastern platter home with a tangy, orange-spiked tahini sauce, bright quick-pickled red onions, and an easy green cabbage and tomato salad. Serve it with prepared hummus and pita for a more filling meal.
Ingredients
- 1 small red onion
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice, divided
- 1/4 cup plus 2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar, divided
- 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided
- 2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, drained, rinsed
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 cup chopped parsley, divided
- 5 tablespoons chickpea flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil, divided, plus more for pan
- 4 pita breads
- 1/2 cup tahini
- 2 cups shredded green cabbage
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
- Homemade or store-bought hummus (for serving)
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 489 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 45 g 69.23%
- Saturated Fat: 6 g 31.71%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 1410 mg 58.74%
- Calcium: 121 mg 12.06%
- Potassium: 467 mg 13.34%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 18.99%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 18 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 5 g 18.65%
- Sugar: 3 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 7 g
- Vitamin A 33.31%
- Vitamin C 67.08%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat9
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables1
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq