Sweet Potato and Falafel Summer Delight

he perfect light lunch or snack on a spring day!

Sweet potato and falafel is a tasty and nutritiously dense meal. Preparation and cooking time is about an hour in total.

Sweet Potato & Falafel

Sweet Potato and Falafel Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Place the sweet potato and a tbsp of water in a bowl, microwave for 4 minutes, until soft.
3. Place all the ingredients in a food processor, blend until smooth (the mixture doesn’t have to be completely smooth)
4. Take the mixture and form it into small ball like falafel shapes
5. Place the falafels onto a lined baking tray. 
6. Bake in a preheated oven for 50 minutes.

Sweet Potato and Falafel Ingredients

• ½ sweet potato, peeled & finely chopped

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 x 400g can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
• 1 red pepper, finely chopped
• 6 dried apricots, finely chopped
• ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp cumin
• ½ tsp garlic granules
• Salt and pepper to taste

Enjoy!