Healthy Falafel Wraps with Garlic Yogurt Sauce

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

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

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

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.

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