My favorite-quick-feel good-summer-recipe
Falafel wraps with grilled veg & salsa
- For the falafel
- 1 x 400 g tin of mixed beans
- 1 x 400 g tin of chickpeas
- 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon harissa
- 1 heaped teaspoon allspice
- 1 heaped tablespoon plain flour
- 1 bunch fresh coriander
- olive oil
For the sides
- 2 mixed-colour peppers
- 4 spring onions
- 8 small wholewheat tortillas
- 1 tablespoon Lingham’s chilli sauce
- 250g low-fat cottage cheese
- optional: pickled red cabbage
For the salsa
- 1 big handful mixed-colour ripe tomatoes
- ½ –1 fresh red chilli
- ½ clove of garlic
- 1 lime
Ingredients out • Food processor (bowl blade) • Large frying pan, medium heat • Griddle pan, high heat
START COOKING
Drain the beans and chickpeas and put them into the processor • Finely grate in the lemon zest, then add a pinch of salt and pepper, the harissa, allspice, flour and coriander stalks (reserving the leaves) • Blitz until smooth, scraping down the sides of the processor if needed • Scrape out the mixture and use clean, wet hands to quickly divide and shape it into 8 patties about 1.5cm thick • Put 1 tablespoon of oil into the frying pan and add the falafels, turning when golden and crisp
Rip the seeds and stalks out of the peppers, tear each one into bite-sized chunks and put on the griddle pan with the trimmed and halved spring onions and a pinch of salt and pepper, turning when charred • Put the tomatoes, chilli and half the coriander leaves into the processor • Squash in the unpeeled garlic through a garlic crusher, squeeze in the lime juice, whiz until fine, then season to taste and pour into a serving dish
Pop the tortillas into the microwave (800W) for 45 seconds while you marble the chilli sauce into the cottage cheese • Squeeze the juice of half the zested lemon over the charred veggies, then take with the falafels to the table, scattering everything with the rest of the coriander • Let everyone assemble their own wraps, and serve with pickled red cabbage, if you like ore use this recipe.
Recipe taken from the website: Jamie Oliver
