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Easy Vegan Falafel Burger Recipe. Chickpea patties with 5 minute tahini dressing, tomatoes, onions, pickles make for a filling and flavorful burger. Vegan Soy-free Recipe. Ready within 30 Minutes. Can be made gluten-free. Pin it for later. Jump to Recipe
Everyone needs a falafel burger! A simple Chickpea burger with falafel flavors, tahini dressing, pickles, lettuce and other fixings.
This falafel burger uses cooked chickpeas, cumin, coriander, cardamom, parley, lemon and a binder and comes together within minutes. Pan fry until golden. Make the 5 minute Tahini dressing. Serve these between buns with a generous dressing or in a pita bread! Sesame seeds add an amazing flavor and crunch to the patties. Use breadcrumbs, or coarsely ground oats as binder. Make these flavorful soft moist falafel burger patties!
I prefer these panfried as baked chickpea patties tend to dry out a bit more. To bake these, make sure to add some additional moistue holding ingredients such as tahini and 1 flax egg(1 tbsp flax mixed in 2.5 tbsp water). The patties come together very quickly. Put everything in a processor, shape and pan fry. The whole sandwich or wrap, however you want to serve these are ready within 30 Minutes.
Oh yes, if you use all cilantro instead of parsley, serve these with chutneys of choice. Also, serve 1 patty per burger. The stacking is for photo purposes only ;).
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Classic falafel uses dry chickpeas that are soaked overnight and used. Since I almost never deep fry, I have found that the soaked chickpeas dont work as well when pan fried or baked. If using dry chickpeas, cook them a bit before using for best results. See notes in the Recipe box.
If you make these, do tag me on Instagram and let me know in comments how it worked out!
Make the falafel mixture, chill and shape into patties. Pan fry until golden. I use both raw garlic and roasted garlic in these patties. Raw garlic can sometimes be a strong flavor profile, so use whichever garlic you prefer.
Serve in a burger or pita bread with toppings of choice.
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Easy Vegan Falafel Burger
Ingredients
Falafel Patties:
- 30 oz canned chickpeas, washed well and drained. or about 3 cups cooked
- 3/4 cup loosely chopped red onion
- 4 cloves of garlic, , preferably roasted or lightly cooked to golden
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup parsley
- 1/2 cup cilantro
- 1.5 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tbsp or more ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp ground cardamom
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp cayenne
- 1/2 to 1 tsp salt, depends on whether the chickpeas are salted
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp or more lemon juice
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1/2 cup more breadcrumbs, use gluten-free crumbs, coarsely blended oats or gf flour to make gluten-free
Tahini dressing:
- 1/4 cup tahini
- 1 clove of garlic
- a handful of fresh parsley
- 2 to 3 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup or more water
- 1/4 tsp salt
Other Toppings:
- Sliced tomato
- Sliced onions
- Sliced pickles, dill cucumber pickle
- lettuce or greens
Instructions
Make the falafel Burgers:
- Drain the chickpeas, wash and drain well and keep ready.
- In a processor, add onion, garlic, parsley and cilantro and pulse to mince.
- Add the rest of the ingredients through oil and the chickpeas and pulse to make a coarse mixture.
- Transfer to a bowl and add sesame seeds and breadcrumbs and mix in. Add enough crumbs to make a soft doughy mixture. The dough will become less sticky as it chills.
- Chill the mixture for 20 to 30 minutes.Taste and adjust salt, tang, flavor(add more spices if oyu like) and heat and mix in.
- Shape into patties and pan fry on a heavy bottom skillet over medium heat for 6 to 7 minutes per side.
Make the dressing:
- Blend everything under tahini dressing. Taste and adjust salt and tang. Add more tahini for thicker dressing and more water for thinner.
Assemble:
- Toast the burger buns. Assemble the burger with sliced tomatoes, onions, lettuce or greens, falafel patties and a generous amount of tahini dressing, pickles. Add some hot sauce if you wish. Serve! I also often add a layer of hummus. Serve as burgers or in a pita bread.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
So good! I like to make these into small patties (about the size of falafels) and then serve them along side a salad. Thanks for this recipe!
Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I made these yesterday and they are the most delicious things I have prepared in a long long time! Such great healthy comfort food and SO easy to put together!
I had to resort to an immersion blender once I’ve added the chickpeas and it worked just fine (thought it might just try mashing the chickpeas with a fork next time). Love that you can freeze these, too!
Thank you for another beautiful recipe, Richa!
thank you, Karolina! so glad you enjoyed.
These look delicious but I can’t eat chickpeas 😢Do you think great northern beans would work?
yes, they share a similar texture and mild flavour
Made these tonight and they were yummy! The tahini dressing is fabulous! I made them in the oven at 375F so I added the flax egg. Thanks for a great recipe!
hooray!
I have been using this recipe for the last few years. We really like the flavor so I have persisted in making them.
I have a huge amount of trouble with the blending though. I have a vitamix blender. It takes me 20 minutes to get all the chickpeas blended and by then they are usually mush.
I have tried pulsing, blending, high, low, I have done a little of the chickpeas at a time and scraped them out then added more and keep doing that until they are all blended. Of course that doesn’t help to blend the seasonings in with them.
From my experience I have no clue how you manage to get your chickpeas blended so quickly with a coarse texture.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I use a good processor. Vitamin doesn’t work well for coarse even blending. I should change the recipe to mention processing in a food processor
I love this recipe ! It is extremely tasty and the lemon adds a perfect amount of punch to it.. I found myself craving it after I had made it for the first time.
In fact – all recipes by Richa that I have made so far are fantastic and always turn out great! Thank you!
❤️❤️
Thank you for a great tasty recipe. As Richa says. If you bake these. You need to add more moisture. Really yummy and enjoyed the tahini dressing too. 👍
♡ thanks for popping in
I’m interested in baking them– what would “adding more moisture” mean>?
Add a flax egg (1 tbsp flax plus 2.5 tbsp water) to the mixture, and brush them with oil
Richa this was better than any falafel sandwich I’ve ever had!! Your blog is the best thing that has happened in 2020 <3
Richa,
This recipe was so delicious. Love the flavors and it was easy to make. Thanks!
At what temperature and for how long would you recommend baking the burgers? We don’t have a grill or skillet.
oil/spray the baking sheet first and go at 375* for 30-40 minutes. parchment optional
Thank you!
And do we need turn them through halfway point or we don’t need to?
Baking these would make it even easier.