Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Baked Sweet Potato Falafels & Yogurt Mint Sauce

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Have you ever started to make a dish then ended up making something totally different? That's what happened when I came up with these Sweet Potato Falafels.  I started out by boiling some sweet potatoes to make mashed sweet potatoes. Then I changed my mind and started  frying onions and chilies and adding chickpea flour into the mix.  So I call these falafels since they do have chickpeas (flour) in them. I am glad I decided to bake them because they came out perfectly guilt-free.  We just ate them with the Yogurt Mint dipping sauce, but you can certainly treat them like traditional falafels and put them into pitas. 

Ingredients:
3-4 sweet potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed
1 egg
1 cup of chickpea flour (more if necessary)
1 medium onion chopped finely
2-3 green chilies chopped finely
red chili flakes to taste
salt to taste
1 tsp cumin seeds gently pounded into pieces  or ground cumin if you prefer
1 Tbs of grated ginger
1 Tbs of grated garlic
2 Tbs of fresh minced parsley or 1 Tbs of dried
black and white sesame seeds (optional)

Directions:
In a frying pan saute the onions, chilies, ginger, garlic, cumin, salt and red chili flakes for 3-4minutes.  Leave in pan to cool slightly.  Then mash the sweet potatoes, with egg and chickpea flour.

 Add the parsley, onion/chili mixture and mix well. Salt as needed. Use two spoons dipped in a little oil to form patties.  Place on a well sprayed baking sheet.

Bake in a 400 degree oven for 10-12 minutes per side. Add sesame seeds if you desire. Serve in a pita or alone with yogurt mint sauce.










 
Yogurt Mint sauce:
1 cup plain yogurt
1 small handful of minted chopped
1/2 tsp of ground cumin
juice of half a lime or full lime if it's not too juicy
salt to taste
Stir well and allow to chill for a few minutes before serving.



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21 comments:

  1. That happens to me often too ;) Your falafels turned out delicious. I need to make this variation very soon.

    (P.S) I saw your email, will get back to you soon. Thanks!

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  2. Oh what a beautiful creation! I would definitely eat these right up =)

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  3. This is so cool! Love that it's baked! Love that it includes sweet potatoes. And LOVE the black sesame seeds!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. I love this recipe, delicious and the mint lime yogurt, I would eat that by the spoonful :)

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  5. What a great quick and tasty dish! The sauce is very tempting. Sounds so fresh! Thank you for sharing, Ramona!

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  6. That's so creative! We love falafels. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. This is so unique and has such healthy ingridients. If I can find chickpea flour I will try this soon. I have never made falafels of any kind, which is strange since I do love them! My mom loves sweet potato so these would appeal to her as well as the rest of the family! Great job

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  8. I love falafel. Sweet potato falafel is just brilliant!

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  9. Oh this looks so good! I just used chickpea flour for the first time tonight in place of breadcrumbs in some bison meatballs. I have to say it was just as good as I thought it would be. I have to try it like this now! So creative.

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  10. You are a kitchen genius! The falafels look delicious!

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  11. It's happen to me sometime,,,This bake sweet potato falafels,looks perfectly YummY with yogurt mint sauce,I'm agree very creatif :)
    Ridwan

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  12. Hi. first time here and now following you.
    The falafel look so nice with the dip and as you said absolutely guilt free. Join me in

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  13. Ramona--These sound so delicious! I was just talking with someone at work about falafel, but these sound so much better than the ones we were contemplating. Thank you for being a genius and inventing this recipe!

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  14. Healthy and delicious recipe, love the baked version :0

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  15. Your healthier of falafel is looking great! Love the sprinkle of sesame seeds.

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  16. Oh yeah, this happens to me quite often. Having these in a pita would be a belly buster for sure!

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  17. These look exactly like MY kind of snack :-) I do so enjoy your recipes, Ramona!

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  18. I just made these and they are delicious! I found your site via Pinterest and have tried (and loved) several other of your recipes as well. I especially enjoy your Sri Lankan recipes :D. Thank you for sharing!

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    1. Thank you! :) I'm glad you have enjoyed the recipes.

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