TITLE:
Falafel: A Meal with Full Nutrition
AUTHORS:
Mohammed Ismail, Erdogan Kucukoner
KEYWORDS:
Falafel, Ta’amiya, Nutrition, Vegetarian, Deep-Fried Ball
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.8 No.11,
November
27,
2017
ABSTRACT: There are a lot of fried food recipes that contain vegetables as a main ingredient.
One of the most famous fried vegetables in the Middle East is Falafel.
Falafel is a traditional Egyptian and Middle Eastern food with deferent names
from country to another, for examples it is called Falafel in Iraq and Levant,
and it is called Ta’amiya in Egypt. Falafel is a vegetarian recipe which reflects
its nutritious value. In this article, we are going to refer to the definition of
Falafel and its origin to show that Falafel is a global dish. In addition, the ingredients
of Falafel are going to be mentioned. Finally, the benefits of Falafel
are going to be explained to show how Falafel is considered as a nutritious
meal. This study has discovered that Falafel is one of the healthy vegetarian
meals due to its ingredients which are full of vitamins and also considered as a
very rich source of dietary fiber.