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Falafel gyros on a blue plate

Falafel Gyros

Yummy, healthy homemade falafels wrapped in a pillowy pita and topped with veggies and a creamy tzatziki sauce! Perfect for a weeknight meal or meal prep.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Author: Sidra Agarwal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the Falafels

  • 2 cups Canned Chickpeas*
  • 2 tbsp All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 tbsp Tahini Paste
  • 1 small Red Onion rough chopped
  • 3 cloves Garlic minced
  • ¼ cup Parsley rough chopped
  • ½ Lemon juiced
  • 1 ½ tsp Paprika
  • 1 tbsp Cumin Powder
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • Cooking Spray

To assemble Falafel Gyros

  • Tzatziki Sauce*
  • 4 Pitas
  • 1 Tomato Sliced
  • 1 Red Onion Sliced
  • Romaine Lettuce shredded

Instructions

To Make Falafel

  • Preheat oven to 375 F
  • Add all the falafel ingredients to a food processor and start pulsing it.  Scrape down the edges as you go. You want to make sure that you don't over-blend. It needs to be smooth but not to the point that it resembles hummus.
    Falafel ingredients on countertop
  • Once blended, spray a little cooking spray on your palms and start forming patties. Place on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil and spray the patties with cooking spray. Bake for 30 minutes.
  • After 30 minutes, change your oven setting to high broil and cook until brown and crispy, roughly 5-7 minutes. Keep an eye on them, so they don't burn!
    Hand made falafels on baking sheet after baking

To Assemble Falafel Gyros

  • Place the shredded lettuce on the pita bread, top it with the falafel patties, onion, and tomato slices and finish it with a  dollop of tzatziki sauce!!
  • Enjoy!

Notes

Jenn's Notes:
This recipe calls for 2 cups of canned chickpeas. This will be approx 1 1/4- 1 1/2 a can. Consider roasting the leftover chickpeas to make a yummy snack!
Make this recipe vegan by choosing a vegan tzatziki sauce in place of my recipe or sub the tzatziki with tahini sauce or hummus (I bet red pepper and garlic varieties would be good)
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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 323kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 1121mg | Potassium: 438mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 668IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 127mg | Iron: 4mg

*Nutrition Facts are an estimate only. Differences are expected when making substitutions for any ingredient or when different brands are used.

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