Raw Falafels with Tzatziki Sauce

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Want something savory, creamy and full of flavor? Then you just have to try these falafels. Even your non-raw friends will love it. They taste just like the real thing, but without the unhealthy fats. This recipe is kind of long, but if you are in a hurry you can skip the pickled turnips and just use one of the sauces. It will be awesome just as well. Enjoy!

Ingredients

Falafel

• 2,5 cup (320 g) chopped carrots
• ¾ cup (70 g) celery
• 2 Tbsp (30 g) sunflower seeds
• ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
• ¼ tsp cumin seeds, ground
• extra ⅛ cup sesame seeds

Tzatziki Sauce

• 1 cup (125 g) chopped zucchini, peeled
• 1 cup (125 g) chopped cucumbers, peeled
• ⅛ cup (20 g) macadamia nuts
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp lime juice
• ½ Tbsp chives, chopped
• extra 1 small (100 g) cucumber, peeled

Tahini Sauce

• ½ Tbsp lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp water
• 1 Tbsp tahini or grounded sesame seeds

Pickled Turnips

• 1 large (200 g) turnip, spiralized
• 1 Tbsp beet juice
• 1 tsp lemon juice

To Serve

• 1 head (400 g) lettuce
• 7 oz (200 g) baby spinach
• 3 tomatoes, cubed

Instruction

FALAFEL

1. Coarsely chop carrots and celery.
2. Mix sunflower and sesame seeds in the food processor until ground. Add carrots and celery and process until well mixed.
3. Add chopped fresh parsley and ground cumin seeds and process.
4. Form into balls, they roll in sesame seeds. (The mixture will be quite wet, so be patient with forming the balls.)
5. Transfer to the dehydrator and dehydrate for 3 — 4 hours at 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46°C).

TZATZIKI SAUCE

1. Mix all the ingredients in the blender, but the extra 100 g cucumber.
2. Finely chop the extra 100 g cucumber and mix it in the sauce with the spoon.

TAHINI SAUCE

1. Mix all the ingredients together.

PICKLED TURNIPS

1. Spiralize turnips and mix them with lemon and beet juice.

TO SERVE

1. Wash lettuce and baby spinach and mix them together with tomatoes.
2. Put falafels on the bed of lettuce and pour tahini over them.
3. Put pickled turnips beside them.
4. Pour tzatziki sauce in a little bowl and put it on the plate as well.