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Healthy Falafel Wraps with Garlic Yogurt Sauce

June 9, 2019 by Emily Brees Leave a Comment - This post may contain affiliate links.

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These HEALTHY Falafel Wraps are topped with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, pickled onions, dill and dollops of creamy garlic yogurt sauce.

Healthy Falafel wraps on plates with watermelon

Fresh and healthy is on the menu with these chickpea falafel wraps packed with veggies! Chickpea patties are nestled in fresh lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes. Pickled onions and pickles give that tangy, acidic crunch and a dollop of creamy yogurt sauce softens it all into warm naan bread.

Serve this with fresh fruit or a Mint Watermelon Aqua Fresca.

How to make falafel wraps:

Start by prepping all the toppings you would like to include. I highly recommend both the pickles and the pickled red onions – the acidity in pickled veggies elevates the flavors and brings a brightness to the chickpea patties. Pickled red onions can be made in about 15 minutes – so no worries if you don’t have any stocked in your fridge!

Next, make falafel patties by blending canned chickpeas with some heat from Sriracha, fresh parsley and spices. A few minutes in a cast iron skillet with olive oil and you have quick + easy smashed falafel patties. I like doing it this way because it’s so much easier that forming balls and trying to pan fry all the sides and heat the middles at the same time.

Step by Step Photos – Falafel Patties

Falafel ingredients in blender
Add ingredients
Falafel ingredients after blending
Blend
Falafel patties
Form patties
Falafel patties in cast iron pan
Pan sauté
tomatoes, pickled onions, cucumbers, parsley, dill, lettuce
Choose toppings
open falafel wrap on plate
Assemble the falafel wrap

You can easily make this gluten free and/or vegan by using GF flour + a GF wrap and using a plant based yogurt substitute.

vertical photo of healthy falafel wraps with pickled onion and cucumber

These are VERY filling wraps. Especially if you use naan which is doughy, filling bread. Served with a side of fruit, you could easily divide these wraps in half to make additional servings.

A lighter version is possible using whole wheat tortillas or thin flatbread.

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Healthy Falafel Wrap
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
8 mins
 

These HEALTHY Falafel Wraps are topped with cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, pickled onions, dill and dollops of creamy garlic yogurt sauce.

Course: Lunch, main
Cuisine: American
Keyword: falafel, vegetarian
Servings: 4
Calories: 700 kcal
Author: Emily Brees | OatandSesame
Ingredients
  • 4 Pita or Naan bread wraps
Topping Options:
  • 2 cups salad greens
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 2 cups cucumbers, chopped
  • 4 Tbsp fresh dill, chopped
  • 1/2 cup pickled red onion
  • 1/2 cup chopped dill pickles
Garlic Yogurt Sauce:
  • 1 6 oz container greek yogurt or dairy free yogurt
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
  • dash of pepper
  • drizzle of olive oil
  • water to thin sauce, if needed
For Falafel Patties:
  • 2 cups canned chickpeas
  • 1 Tbs tapioca starch, all-purpose or GF flour
  • 1 Tbs Sriracha
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 2 Tbs fresh parsley, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
  • olive oil, for frying
Instructions
  1. Prep and chop all desired toppings. Set aside.

  2. While the falafel is cooking, heat oven to 200 F and keep the naan or your wrap of choice warm until ready to use.

Garlic Yogurt Sauce:
  1. Combine yogurt, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt + pepper in a small bowl. Drizzle with olive oil. Set aside.

Falafel Patties:
  1. Add all ingredients into a food processor and pulse until well combined.

  2. Using your hands, roll mixture into balls, about two tablespoons each, until it is used up (makes about 12 falafel patties – 3 per wrap).

  3. Coat bottom of skillet with a heavy drizzle of olive oil. Heat over medium-high.

  4. Place 1/4 cup rounds of fritter batter into skillet (I like to use an ice cream scoop). Flatten and shape slightly with spatula.

  5. Cover and cook on one side for 4-5 minutes.

  6. Flip and then cook uncovered 4-5 minutes longer.

  7. Divide falafel and toppings between the four wraps. Dollop with Garlic Yogurt Sauce. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts
Healthy Falafel Wrap
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 700
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Falafel wraps

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