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Raw hemp felafel

I love eating these hemp falafel as a snack during the day, adding them to a collard wrap with sprouts, tomatoes and cucumber, or throwing them on top of a fresh green salad.

Raw hemp felafel

Credit: Renee Byrd

  • makes

    16-20

  • prep

    10 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

makes

16-20

serves

preparation

10

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup hemp hearts, plus 1 tbsp extra 
  • ¼ cup sunflower seeds, raw or roasted & unsalted, plus 1 tbsp extra
  • 1 slice of gluten free bread, crumbled (optional if you want 100% raw, but it does help with the overall texture!)
  • ¼ cup tahini
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp coarse sea salt
  • handful parsley
  • 30 ml fresh lemon juice
  • ½ tsp cumin, ground in a mortar
  • pinch black pepper, ground
  • sesame seeds, to garnish

Instructions

Add all of the ingredients to the bowl of a high powered blender: hemp hearts, sunflower seeds, bread (optional), tahini, olive oil, sea salt, parsley, lemon juice, cumin, and black pepper. Pulse to combine, then blend on high power until your mixture melds together. You might need to stop the blender occasionally and scrape down the sides, then continue blending.

Once the mixture is well mixed and pliable, like a malleable dough, remove from the blender and form into a round ball.

Pinch of golf ball sized amounts from the large dough ball and shape into rounds. Set the balls onto parchment paper. Top with sesame seeds.

Eat immediately or store in a glass container in the fridge for later snacking.

Recipe and image from  by Renee Byrd

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.


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Published 25 March 2019 3:38pm
By Renee Byrd
Source: SBS



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