Baked Lentil Falafels with lentils & split peas. They come together quickly without overnight soaking, served w/ Tahini dressing. Split pea falafel. vegan gluten-free

When driving out anywhere, we often end up at a falafel place and pick up a wrap filled with fresh warm falafels, pickles, lettuce and loads of tahini sauce. Tangy freshness and a very filling meal for the road. The falafel wraps and platters are usually vegan.

Sometimes the falafels end up smelling a bit stale and sometimes smell meaty(shared oil?). The stale oil bothers me more than anything else and I always think of fixing some up at home. Its one of those things that are easily available, but really the home made falafels are tastier, fresher and healthier! These falafels are baked, crisp on the outside, moist inside, and delicious and can be frozen for use later.



I use lentils and split peas in these falafels. What I like about lentil Falafels is that they come together really quickly and also cause less gas issues 😉 . Chickpeas are wonderful if you cook them from scratch at home after an overnight soak. The canned chickpeas are notorious though, as are most canned beans. If you are wondering about the bloating because of all the beans and lentils you have been consuming, I will tell you, that this was not much of a problem back in India. We ate much more beans, lentils, split peas, every single meal. Everything got digested well mainly because of zero use of canned beans and lentils. Everything was always soaked overnight, always cooked from scratch and had ingredients to help reduce all the gaseousness, like Asafetida (Hing) or Carom seeds – Ajwain Seeds added during cooking. All the centuries of knowledge of eating beans and lentils is all there deep rooted in the way of cooking. solutions just need to be found and implemented. 🙂

Baked Lentil Falafels!





More Mediterranean options on the blog

Chickpea and Split pea Falafels. use all chickpeas to make a chickpea Falafel. Also see step pictures on this post for the falafel mixture and pre and post baking pictures.

Mediterranean thin crust Pizza with almond feta, olives, mushrooms.

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Falafels are very filling, allergen friendly and with lentils, practically ready in 40 mins.



what is your favorite Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, or inspired meal?



