Spicy Falafel and Roasted Veg Wraps

 

Falafel has to be one of my favourites! You can literally eat them with anything, in a wrap, a burger or pitta bread, but it can get very expensive buying them all the time. I usually go for the Cauldrons ones.  So I decided to try to make them, and it was surprisingly easy and they turned out to be tasty too! I put them in a wrap, along with roasted peppers and onions, drizzled with salsa and cottage cheese and chilli. 

You will need:

For the falafel:

• 400g can chickpeas, washed and drained
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1 Garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1tsp ground coriander
• 1⁄2 tsp harissa paste or chilli powder
• 2 tbsp. sunflower or vegetable oil
• 1 handful of parsley, chopped
• 2 tbsp. plain flour

 For the sides:

• 2 mixed colour peppers
• 4 spring onions
• 1 tbsp. chilli sauce
• 250g cottage cheese
• 1 large handful mixed ripe tomatoes
• 1 fresh red chilli
• 1/2 clove of garlic
• 1 lime  

Grab all the ingredients for the falafel and stick them into a food processor, and blitz until smooth. Scrape the mixture out, using clean, wet hands and mould into small balls around 1.5 inches, and fry until they're nice and brown. 

For the sides, I made a roasted veg salad by ripping the seeds and stalks out of the peppers and cut into bite size chunks and cut up the spring onions too. Pop these onto a griddle pan along with some salt and pepper, and any other spices you wish, turning when charred. 

For the salsa, put the tomatoes, chilli, garlic and lime juice into the processor and mix until you're happy with the consistency, I like it when there's chunks in there. And then mix the cottage cheese and the chilli sauce in a serving dish. 

Next all you need to do it warm up the tortillas in the microwave or in the grill, squeeze some lemon juice over the veg and serve! I also decided to scatter a load of coriander all over the place as well.

Enjoy!

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