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Sunflower seed falafel balls with tahini dipping sauce recipe

Savour the goodness of these light, sunflower-and-cashew filled vegetarian bites.

Written by Lee Holmes

Unfortunately, the kebab-shop versions of these popular little plant-based pleasures are full of refined wheat and fried in cheap seed oils. Cook them at home to ensure an array of healthy ingredients in every bite with these sunflower seed and cashew based delights.

  • Serves: 4

Ingredients

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What to do

    1. Preheat the oven to 220°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.

    2. To make the tahini dipping sauce, place all the ingredients in a food processor with 2 tablespoons of filtered water and blend until smooth and creamy.

    3. Place all the falafel ingredients, except the sesame seeds and lettuce, in a food processor and pulse until thoroughly blended.

    4. Use an ice-cream scoop to form round balls. Roll in the sesame seeds, transfer to the baking tray and bake for 20 minutes, or until crispy.

    5. Serve in a lettuce leaf and dress with the tahini dipping sauce.

Written by Lee Holmes

Certified Health Coach, Hatha yoga teacher and Whole Foods Chef Lee Holmes is the best-selling author of Supercharged Food, Eat Yourself Beautiful, and Supercharged Food for Kids and founder of uperchargedfood.com.

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