Falafel Salad is the deliciousness of Falafel without the bread and made right in the convenience of your slow cooker!
When I was working at Clarkson University, there was a faculty member whose spouse brought falafel to one of our departmental parties. That first taste had me hooked. I absolutely loved it and wanted to know how to make them! I ended up being invited to their house to be taught how to make them! I felt like I had a pretty good lesson considering they were from Jordan and I was getting an authentic recipe!
Then, just a few weeks ago when I was assigned my blog for the Secret Recipe Club for the month of June, I found a falafel recipe that was very unique in the fact that it was cooked in your crockpot!. Amanda, who is the author of Fake Ginger was my match for this month. I expected I was going to be making her Bang Bang Shrimp recipe that I have had saved forever. While I'm sure its an awesome recipe and I still plan to make it, I decided that it just didn't fit our lifestyle right now. When I read how easy the recipe for crockpot falafel sounded I couldn't resist. 
This is definitely a great way to make falafel without the frying, I loved it and will be definitely be making Falafel Salad again and again! Thanks Amanda for having such a terrific blog and sharing your recipes with us!
- 2-½ cups chickpeas
- ½ small onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1-½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1-½ teaspoon ground coriander
- ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ cup coarsely chopped cilantro
- 1 egg
- 1 lemon, juice of
- ⅓ cup flour
- 1-½ teaspoons baking soda
- Falafal Dressing:
- 1 cup fat free yogurt
- 3 tablespoons tahini butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- juice of 2 lemons
- ½ teaspoon salt
- Drain chickpeas and place in food processor along with next 8 ingredients (onion through lemon juice) and pulse until mixture starts to come together but still is slightly chunky. Transfer chickpea mixture to mixing bowl and mix in flour and baking soda.
- Place about 1 tablespoon olive oil in the bottom of crockpot (I used my large oval crockpot). Using a large cookie scoop, scoop falafel mixture and then form into slightly flattened balls with floured hands. Place in crockpot and spray tops lightly with cooking spray. Cover and let cook on high 2-3 hours.
- Amanda instructed to use a little more oil than I did and I did follow her instruction to not turn the falafel over half way. They browned perfectly and were delicious!
- Make dressing by blending together yogurt, tahini butter, lemon juice, garlic, and salt. To serve, place about 2 cups of chopped lettuce in center of plate. Place 2-3 falafel on top of the lettuce bed and arrange chopped cucumber and chopped tomato around the lettuce bed. Drizzle with Tahini-Yogurt Dressing and sprinkle with fresh cilantro. Makes 12 falafel patties.
FALAFEL SALAD - PIN IT!
Ker says
WOW!! I left an earlier comment today that I was reading your blog bc I am a fellow Albany resident (although on short term assignment in Taiwan) who went to school near the Canadian border - but then I saw in this post you worked at Clarkson and my heart lept! I went there for undergrad and grad school, for 4.5 years total (I did study abroad twice). I did work-study in the School of Liberal Arts(later the School of Arts and Sciences _ I worked downtown and then in New Snell) with Cindy and Linda in late 1990s/early 2000s - not sure if you knew them from your time there (didn't post their last names due to privacy). I loved it at Clarkson - and I met my husband there, too! I don't keep up my blog anymore but it is kerryandscott.blogspot.com
Debra Kapellakis says
This looks and reads tastily. I am going to try this for sure.
Daniel Saraga says
I'm always looking for a baked felafel recipe. I'll need to try this out.
And I just got a new slow cooker - so that's double-good.
Does the felafel stick to the bottom of the pot?
Katie @ This Chick Cooks says
Yum! That falafel sounds fantastic!
tandysinclair.com says
I love felafel and even though I don't have a crock pot, I am sure I can adapt this to make it work for me, as we don't fry anything 🙂
glutenfreehappytummy.com says
yum! how delicious does that look!! i love falafal!! so tasty! thanks for sharing!
Lesa @Edesias Notebook says
We love falafel, but I would have never thought to make it in the slow cooker. Definitely going to have to try it sometime. Looks great, Shelby!
Cheap Ethnic Eatz says
crockpot falafal??? lol awesome. I do love them to but think I only made falafals once. Bookmarking this one to try.
Lisa~~ says
I love falafel and never even thought to make them in the slow cooker, I need to give this recipe a try.
If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC entry Candied Popcorn.
Lisa~~
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amanda @ fake ginger says
I'd forgotten I made these! Yours look like they turned out great! 🙂
honeyb says
Yum! We love falafel. Kevin spent some time in Isreal way back when and I've made it a few times. Must try this since it does look much easier to just throw it in a crockpot! Great pick. Sorry you had to eat it all by yourself. 😉