Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, butternut squash falafel. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Butternut Squash Falafel is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Butternut Squash Falafel is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butternut squash falafel using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Butternut Squash Falafel:
- Get 200 g butternut or kabocha squash, grated
- Get 100 g dry chickpeas soaked overnight (200 g after soaking). Do not used cooked or canned!
- Take 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- Make ready 1 tsp ground cumin
- Take 1/2 tsp ground coriander
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Make ready handful fresh cilantro/coriander
- Prepare to taste black pepper
- Take 2 Tbsp flour
- Get Oil for frying
These wonderfully tasty Butternut Squash Falafel are zero SmartPoints on Weight Watchers Freestyle plan. Serve warm or cold in a Pitta bread stuffed with fresh salad leaves and drizzled with Zero Point Tzatziki for a filling & delicious lunch. Transfer to a large bowl along with the butternut squash. The beans should hold together when pressed between your fingers.
Steps to make Butternut Squash Falafel:
- Peel the skin from the squash and finely grate it with a grater. (You could probably slice it thin and process it in a mixer or food processor as well.)
- Put soaked chickpeas, garlic, spices, cilantro and flour into a food processor/mixer. Process until it turns into a grainy meal.
- Mix the chickpea mix and the grated squash together in a bowl. If necessary, add a tablespoon of flour at a time, until the mixture can be formed into balls without falling apart.
- Form the mixture into about 10 round balls (about 2 Tbsp of the mix for each one). Set on to a plate or pan.
- Prepare about 1 inch (3 cm) of hot oil for frying the falafel. One hot, fry the the falafel in batches. Fry the first side until golden brown (it usually takes 2-3 minutes for me but depends on how how you have your oil).
- When the first side is golden brown, turn over with tongs and fry the other side.
- Remove finished falafel onto a plate or rack lined with paper towels. Fry the rest of the falafel until all are finished.
- Serve in pitas or with your favorite dipping sauce. I like making a sauce with strained/greek yogurt, a pinch of salt, and olive oil (sometime mix in diced cucumber or fresh cilantro).
Transfer to a large bowl along with the butternut squash. The beans should hold together when pressed between your fingers. Transfer to the bowl with the squash then add the lemon juice, coriander, cumin, and salt. Put the roasted squash and the chickpeas into a food processor and blitz to combine. Transfer to a bowl, add the spice mixture, cooked onion, breadcrumbs and parsley, and combine.
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