Falafel Naan Wraps with Golden Rice and Special Sauce.
Homemade, veggie filled falafel, combined with turmeric infused golden rice, all stuffed inside fresh naan and topped with a "special" sauce. A fun, delicious, and different weeknight dinner!
Prep time: PT30M
Cook time: PT30M
Total time: PT60M
Rating
4.32 stars (180 reviews)
Ingredients
2 tablespoons salted butter
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 pinch crushed red pepper flakes
1 cup long grain rice
1 cup chopped veggies, such as carrots, cauliflower, or broccoli
1 can (16 ounces) chickpeas, drained + rinsed
1/2 cup all-purpose flour. Use a gluten free flour, if needed
1/4 cup raw sesame seeds
2 cloves garlic, grated
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, parsley, or oregano
kosher salt and black pepper
canola or vegetable oil, for frying
6 fresh naan or pitas, warmed
shredded lettuce, cucumbers, and harissa sauce, for serving
1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
2 teaspoons honey
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
1 clove garlic, grated ((use 2 if you love garlic))
Steps
1. To make the rice. Melt the butter, turmeric, and crushed red pepper flakes in a medium pot over high heat. Add the rice and toss to coat. Stir in 2 cups water and a pinch of salt and bring to a boil. Place the lid on the pot and turn the heat down to the lowest setting possible. Allow the rice to cook ten minutes on low and then turn the heat off completely. Let the rice sit, covered, for another 15 minutes (don't take any peeks inside!). Fluff the rice with a fork. 2. To make the falafel. Add the veggies to a food processor and pulse until finely chopped. Add the chickpeas, flour, sesame seeds, garlic, cumin, cilantro, and a pinch each of salt and pepper. Pulse until the mixture is combined and mostly smooth. Roll the dough into rounded teaspoon size balls.3. Add a few inches of oil to the bottom of a heavy pot. Heat to 375 degrees F. Fry the balls for 2-3 minutes or until golden and cooked through. Drain onto paper towels and then sprinkle lightly with salt.4. To make the special sauce. Combine all ingredients in a bowl, adding 1-2 tablespoons water if needed to thin the sauce. Taste and season with salt.5. To assemble, stuff the rice into the wraps and top with lettuce, falafels, and cucumber. Drizzle the special sauce and harissa over the falafels. Enjoy!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1 serving
Calories: 1273 kcal
Reviews
Andrea on 2022-06-23 (5 stars): My family loved this recipe. For the special sauce we didn’t have parsley so we used cilantro. We will definitely make this again!
Kelly Dianne Cavanaugh on 2022-06-15 (5 stars): I've always wanted to make homemade falafel and this recipe was perfectly simple and they turned out great! I couldn't find Harissa sauce but it still tasted really yummy without it. The special sauce was delish, I should have doubled the recipe! Next time Im going to make the homemade naan too!
Lorna on 2022-05-20 (5 stars): Really delicious, straightforward and easily substitutable (if that's a word!) The sauce is a must, as it's really flavoursome. Also I used just cauliflower in the falafel but they weren't as tasty as I would've like, so next time I would use carrots and/or broccoli as well. Also I only used about 1 inch oil in the pan and it worked fine and still made lovely crispy falafel!
Winny on 2022-03-02 (5 stars): I was craving falafels and ran across this! This recipe is amazing, they came out so good! I decided to make them bigger than the recipe calls to have them be extra juicy on the inside. I had to fry them for a bit longer because of this and it was great!
Camille on 2021-02-06 (5 stars): Absolutely Loved it. I finally tried your recipe for the naan bread which turned out sooo good!! Besides, the rice was perfection, the sauce really delicious and for me it was a really fun recipe because I could try out so much new stuff and everything worked great.
I was a bit nervous about frying the falafel balls, but no problem here either. Thank you for this great ensemble of food, I'm definitely doing it some more times :)
