Falafel naan burger
A vegan burger consisting of falafel, greens, tzatziki, harissa sauce, pickled red onions and cucumber, all wrapped in whole wheat naan bread.
Ingredients
- 4 whole wheat naan breads (homemade is best*, but store bought works as well. You won't have the oval shape though)
- 1 handful greens (use whatever you have on hand. I usually use either kale or arugula)
- 4 falafel burgers (homemade is best! Recipe attached in Notes**)
- 4-6 tbsp tzatziki (homemade is best! Recipe attached in Notes***) or sub yogurt lime sauce*****
- 4 tbsp pickled red onions (homemade ****** or store bought)
- 4 tbsp pickled cucumbers (homemade ****** or store bought)
- 2-4 tbsp harissa sauce (homemade is best! Recipe attached in Notes****)
- 4 tbsp olive oil (for making the naan breads)
- ¼ cup oats (optional, to coat the burgers with)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F/175C;
- Start by making the dough for naan bread. Because the dough needs to rise, start with this. You need approximately 2 hours;
- While the naan dough is rising, make the mixture for the falafel patties. Once it is ready, put it in the fridge to firm up;
- Make the pickled onions and cucumbers by mixing all ingredients together in a jar.
- Take the falafel mixture out of the fridge and form burger patties. Optionally, coat the burgers with (quick) oats to some extra crunch.
- Heat up a skillet and cook the falafel golden brown on both sides (3-5 minutes). Carefully transfer them to a baking tray in the oven for 5-10 minutes;
- Now that the naan dough has doubled in size, divide the dough in 4 pieces and form balls. Cover them for another 10 minutes with a towel (as explained in this naan bread recipe);
- Prepare harissa sauce**** and tzatziki*** and/or yogurt-lime sauce*****
- Roll out the naan breads. Instead of rolling them out round, try to make ovals/rectangles;
- Heat up a large skillet with a bit of olive oil. Once the oil is hot, slide in a rolled out naan bread and cook it until it is golden brown with some nice air pockets. Flip it over and repeat on the other side;
- Assemble the falafel naan burger; stack all ingredients (greens - tzatziki - red onions -falafel burger -pickled cucumbers - harissa sauce - more ¾greens) on one side of the naan bread. Once all is stacked, fold over the other end of the naan bread and the burger is ready.
Notes
For detailed, from scratch instructions see text above.
Links to the different recipes:
*Whole wheat naan bread
**Falafel
***Tzatziki
****My take on homemade harissa sauce (scroll down to the recipe at the bottom of the post)
***** Yogurt-lime sauce:
1/2 cup yogurt
2 tsp honey
1-2 tbsp lime or lemon juice
1/4 cup freshly chopped parsley and mint
1 clove of garlic, minced
Stir to combine all ingredients.
****** Pickled red onions / cucumbers:
1 large red onion / 1 small cucumber
¾ cup apple cider vinegar
¼ cup water
1 tsp sea salt
1-2 tbsp maple syrup or honey, to taste
Heat up all ingredients -/- red onion/cucumber until it simmers. Place red onion/cucumber in a small jar, pour hot liquid on top of it, close the lid and shake. Let marinate for 30 minutes. Refrigerate afterwards or use immediately.
Nutritional information:
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