Ginger Falafel With Wasabi Cream

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The light, caller spirit of ginger permeates these crunchy chickpea balls, giving the accepted Middle Eastern thoroughfare nutrient an Asian flair. The wasabi pick takes it 1 measurement further.

Serve these wrapped successful store-bought naan (with reddish doorbell peppers, cucumbers, greens and the wasabi cream) arsenic a main course, oregon service arsenic an appetizer with the pick arsenic a dipping sauce.

The dried chickpeas request to beryllium soaked overnight. The chickpea batter tin beryllium stored successful a covered nutrient processor vessel astatine country somesthesia for up to 1 hour. The wasabi pick needs to beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for astatine slightest 1 hr and up to 1 day. The falafel are champion eaten soon aft being made, but they tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 1 week and reheated successful a low-temperature oven.

Adapted from "Vegetarian Dinner Parties," by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough (Rodale, 2014).

Ingredients

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Servings: 4-6 (makes astir 18 pieces)

8 ounces dried chickpeas
1/4 cupful lightly packed cilantro leaves
2 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced (about 1/4 cup)
2 1/2 tablespoons peeled and finely chopped caller ginger root
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1/2 spoon baking powder
1 cupful vegan sour pick (may substitute regular oregon low-fat sour cream)
1/4 cupful atom vinegar, preferably unseasoned
2 teaspoons wasabi paste (may substitute 2 teaspoons wasabi pulverization mixed with 2 teaspoons water)
Olive oil, for frying
4 to 6 pieces whole-wheat naan, warmed (may substitute pita oregon different flatbread of your choice)
1 mean cucumber, thinly sliced
1 ample reddish doorbell pepper, seeded, cored and thinly sliced
1 to 2 cups mixed crockery greens, for garnish (optional)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using 1 tablespoonful of the wasabi pick per serving)

Calories
600
Fat
20 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
88 g
Sodium
1090 mg
Cholesterol
10 mg
Protein
19 g
Fiber
16 g
Sugar
13 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Vegetarian Dinner Parties," by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough (Rodale, 2014).

Tested by Joe Yonan.

Published September 30, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026