Easy Falafel Sandwich (with Pita and Tahini Sauce)

girl's hands holding a falafel sandwich showing the filling.

Easy Falafel Sandwich (with Pita and Tahini Sauce)

Make the best falafel sandwich recipe with homemade falafel, hummus, and tahini. Stuff everything into a piece of fresh pita bread, add some vegetables and pickles, and enjoy one of the best sandwiches ever!

Course Snack

Cuisine Middle East

Prep Time 10

Servings

Calories 478kcal

Author Adina

Ingredients

Tahini sauce (enough for 4 sandwiches):

3 tablespoons tahini
2 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
2 garlic cloves grated
1 pinch of red pepper flakes
fine sea salt to taste

Falafel sandwich:

1 pita bread pocket or 1 flatbread Note 1
2 tablespoons hummus
2-3 tablespoons tahini sauce
¼- ½ small red onion
1 small tomato
3-4 slices cucumber
2 slices pickled beet Note 2
2-3 falafel per sandwich depending on their size
1 tablespoon feta crumbled, (Note 3)
a few sprigs of fresh parsley mint, basil, or cilantro

Instructions

Falafel:

If making homemade falafel, remember to soak the chickpeas for 24 hours.

Hummus:

Make homemade hummus.

Tahini sauce:

Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl. The tahini might seize a little once you add the lemon juice. Keep whisking and about 1 tablespoon of cold water to thin it slightly and help it relax.

Vegetables:

Thinly slice the red onion. Slice the tomato, cucumber, and pickled beet.

Bread:

Warm the pita pockets if you wish. You can do that in a pan, oven, or toaster.

Sandwich:

If using a whole small pita pocket, cut a little bit of it so that you can open it up.
Spread hummus generously into the opened bread. Add some tahini sauce. Fill the pita sandwiches with the veggies and some fresh herbs but leave some room for the chickpea balls.
Stuff some falafel into the sandwich. If they are too large/round, cut them in half, they will fit better inside the bread.
Add a little crumbled feta cheese if you like.
Drizzle with some more tahini sauce. You can add more tahini sauce gradually while eating.
Wrap the sandwich in foil for less messy eating.

Notes

Or other pickles you like.
Leave out the cheese for a vegan sandwich.
Depending on its size, you can make a sandwich using a whole small one or half of a large pita. The pitas I make or buy are always rather small, so I use them whole.
Other suitable sauces: Greek yogurt sauce, tzatziki, sriracha, or another hot sauce.
Additions: roasted vegetables like red peppers, eggplant, or zucchini. Fresh bell peppers, salad leaves (rocket), pitted olives. You can also add 1 tablespoon of tabouleh or baba ganoush.

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