If you ever pop by my weekly meal planner you will already know that we try to include a couple of meat-free meals each week. Falafels are one of our staple vegan-friendly meals that we all enjoy. These are really easy to cook and are Slimming World compatible. This Slimming World Falafel recipe makes 12 falafels and three falafels have one syn value. It really doesn’t matter if you are following the Slimming World plan or not, these falafels are amazingly tasty, budget-friendly and so versatile.
Ingredients
- 1 400g can of chickpeas
- 1 brown onion (roughly chopped)
- 3 cloves of garlic (sliced)
- 2 tbsp coriander leaf
- 2 tbsp parsley
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp of crushed chillis
- Black pepper to taste
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp plain flour
Method
- Preheat your oven to 220℃/fan 200℃/gas 7.
- Put the onion and garlic in the food processor and blitz until coarsely pureed.
- Add the rest of the ingredients and pulse until smooth.
- Take a golfball-sized amount of mix and flatten into a small patty.
- Spray a baking tray with low-fat cooking spray and arrange the falafels.
- Bake for 15 minutes, turning halfway.
- Serve warm with pitta bread and salad, couscous or sweet potato wedges. Or allow to cool and refrigerate them in an airtight container for up to four days and have them in a tortilla wrap with salad for a light, low-fat lunch. If you are looking for more meat-free light lunches, you will absolutely love our cheese and onion scones!
You can print out the recipe below!
Slimming World Low Syn Falafels
A low-fat version of this Middle Eastern classic
Ingredients
- 400 grams canned chickpeas drained and rinsed
- 1 large brown onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tbsp coriander leaf
- 2 tbsp parsley
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp crushed chillis
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3 tbsp plain flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220℃/fan 200℃/gas 7.
- Add the onion and garlic to the food processor and blitz until coarsely pureed
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the food processor and blend until smooth
- Take golfball sized pieces of the mixture and form small patties
- Spray low-fat cooking spray onto a baking tray
- Arrange the falafels onto the tray and bake for 15 minutes, turning halfway through cooking
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I don’t think I’ve ever eaten Falafels before. I think we need to give them a try. I love the look of them in wraps. x
They look easy to make too. Taking a note of this recipe, because I know all the family will like it. Thanks for sharing. #MMBC
I have heard of Flafels but never eaten them. Thanks for showing me how to make them. #MMBC
A good dip is needed for the driness of falafels but the flavours are delicious x #mmbc
We love falafels here but I always buy the ready to make mix. This looks and sounds like a really easy recipe – thank you for sharing 🙂
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Ooh I love falafel – this looks yummy 🙂 #MMBC
These sound great – will give them a try as trying to lose weight!
I’ve never had a falafel. This sounds amazing. I think I am going to try and make it.
I love falafel, thank you for this great recipe.
Fabulous
Yum these look so tasty!
Was looking for something different today so thought I’d make this for us tonight!
Going to make this eve for tea, but live alone – so 12 may be a few too many. Can I freeze the rest and take out to defrost for lunches at work next week?
They look amazing!! I am so gutted as recently my food processor has packed up but as soon as I get a new one I shall be trying these out.
Tasty and so easy ! Will be giving these a go
Love falafals , looks a great recipe
This look really tasty and not too tricky to prepare!
Easy delicious and healthy yes please
This looks delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
My kind of recipe – and it looks healthy and delicious.
Sounds delicious
Love this recipe! Even my little girl eats it 🙂 Thanks for sharing
Mmmm I love falafel, but haven’t had them for ages. This looks like a great easy recipe, thank you! We used to buy falafels every now and then when we lived in Malmoe (Sweden), as there are loads of falafel joints there 🙂 x
I have never tried falafels, but think we will try them!
Tried and tested ! They are delicious
This looks delicious and I so need to lose weight as my blood pressure is high.
These look great and I think everyone in the family would enjoy them!
these look delicious, I’m definitely gonna give them a go
These look delicious I can’t wait to make them the family will love them
They look tasty.