Falafel (diabetic)
20 balls
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | cups | Garbanzo beans; cooked |
| 1 | tablespoon | Lemon juice |
| ½ | cup | Onion; chopped |
| 2 | tablespoons | Flour, whole wheat pastry |
| ¼ | cup | Wheat germ |
| ¼ | cup | Parsley |
| ¼ | cup | Sesame seed |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Garlic powder |
| 2 | tablespoons | Oil |
Directions
Heat oven to 350^F. In a food processor or blender grind garbanzo beans, lemon and onion. Remove and add flour, wheat germ, parsley, sesame seed, pepper and garlic powder. Form into 20 falafel balls.
Heat oil in a large baking dish, then add falafel and bake 15 min, stirring occasionally.
1 serving of 5 falafel = 434 calories; 3 meat, 2 bread, 1 fat Pro 20gm, fat 9gm, carbo 56gm From "Vegetarian Cooking for Diabetics"