Sweet potato falafels with coleslaw
Cooking time
Prep: 20 mins Cook: 50 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4Pittas bursting with homemade falafels and salad make a low-fat lunch or light supper for less than a pound per serving
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Freezable
- Vegetarian
- Healthy
Nutrition info
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 486
- protein
- 16g
- carbs
- 92g
- fat
- 8g
- saturates
- 1g
- fibre
- 14g
- sugar
- 24g
- salt
- 1.08g
Ingredients
For the falafels
- 1 large or 2 small sweet potatoes, about 700g/1lb 9oz in total
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tsp ground coriander
- handful coriander leaves, chopped
- juice ½ lemon
- 100g plain or gram flour
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 wholemeal pitta breads
- 4 tbsp reduced-fat houmous
For the coleslaw
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 1 small onion, finely sliced
- 1 medium carrot, grated
- ¼ each white and red cabbage, shredded
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Method
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Microwave sweet potato whole for 8-10 mins until tender. Leave to cool a little, then peel. Put the potato, cumin, garlic, ground and fresh coriander, lemon juice and flour into a large bowl. Season, then mash until smooth. Using a tablespoon, shape mix and into 20 balls. Put on an oiled baking sheet, bake for around 15 mins until the bases are golden brown, then flip over and bake for 15 mins more until brown all over.
- Meanwhile, stir the vinegar and sugar together in a large bowl until the sugar has dissolved, toss through the onion, carrot and cabbage, then leave to marinate for 15 mins. To serve, toast the pittas, then split. Fill with salad, a dollop of houmous and the falafels.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2010
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Beautifully easy to make, used 700grams of sweet potatoes which seemed to be 3 small potatoes and one medium and then used spices volumes as directed. Not convinced that the weights were quite right as the spices seemed to have very little flavour so suggest you stick to the one large or two small pots as described. Nice texture and cooking figures seemed accurate but very sweet result, not sure if I'll bother with the leftovers.