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Eggplant Falafels with Minted Yoghurt

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Course Appetizer, Main Course
Servings 16 falafels (approx)

Ingredients
  

Falafels
  • 100 g dried chickpeas garbanzo beans
  • 1 small eggplant (~300g) cut into 3cm pieces
  • 20 g light olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic peeled
  • 400 g can chickpeas drained and rinsed
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tbsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • Salt and pepper to season
  • Polenta for covering
Minted Yoghurt
  • 200 g natural yoghurt
  • 10 g mint leaves
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 220C (425F) on the broiler setting and line a baking tray with wax or baking paper
  • Add dried chickpeas and mill with the measuring cup (MC) on for 10 seconds | Speed 9; remove to a mixing bowl
  • Add eggplant into the Thermomix bowl and chop for 5 seconds | Speed 4
  • Add oil, salt and pepper and sauté with the MC off for 3 minutes | Varoma | Speed 1; remove to the mixing bowl with the milled chickpeas and mix together
  • Add garlic into the Thermomix and chop with the MC on for 5 seconds | Speed 7
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add canned chickpeas, cumin, coriander, sweet paprika, salt and pepper into the Thermomix bowl and chop with the MC on for 10 seconds | Speed 6
  • Add chickpea mixture to the eggplant and milled chickpeas and mix together
  • Form mixture into patties by rolling into 4.5-5cm balls, cover with polenta, place on the baking tray and press down lightly to flatten slightly
  • Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, flip over and cook for another 10 minutes
  • To make the sauce, in a cleaned Thermomix, add mint into the bowl and chop with the MC on for 5 seconds | Speed 5
  • Add yoghurt and lemon juice and mix with the MC on for 5 seconds | Speed 3

Notes

  1. If you end up with a seam or crack when you roll the balls, the mixture is too dry and will fall apart when you press them down on the baking tray.  So, incorporate water into the mixture – one teaspoon at a time – until it can be rolled into balls without a seam or crack
Keyword Chickpeas, Eggplant