Bihar x Levant
Sattu falafel
Litti's sattu filling, shaped into falafel and stuffed in pita. Bihar's pantry hero goes global.
45 minTime
19 gProtein each
mediumSpice
The roasted gram flour of Bihar3 chapters · 2 min readMake it your way
Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original567kcal
19 gprotein
12 gfibre
45minutes
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.
Ingredients
Method
5 steps- 1Mash the chickpeas coarsely. Add sattu, half the onion finely chopped, most of the garlic, ginger, chilli, ajwain, kalonji, 3 tsp lemon juice, 1 tbsp mustard oil, coriander and salt.
- 2Add water a spoon at a time until the mix holds when squeezed. Shape 16 small patties.
- 3Shallow fry in hot oil for 3 minutes a side until crisp. Drain on paper.
- 4Whisk the curd with the remaining garlic, a teaspoon of mustard oil and salt. Toss the cucumber, tomato and the rest of the onion with lemon and salt.
- 5Warm the pitas, open them and fill with salad, falafel and a spoon of curd.
Serve it like this
Wrap the bottom of each pita in paper, stand them upright in a basket and serve extra curd and green chillies on the side.
