{"id":1273,"date":"2020-04-18T11:42:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:42:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T11:42:12","slug":"green-falafels-and-gut-friendly-haydari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/18\/green-falafels-and-gut-friendly-haydari\/","title":{"rendered":"Green falafels and gut-friendly haydari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Green falafels served with gut-friendly haydari made from baked red peppers and Kefir cream cheese is a really good and healthy option for a meat-free meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homemade falafels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve been hesitant to make my own falafels for a looong time. Despite good intentions and buying the ingredients many times, I&#8217;ve always just been to overwhelmed with soaking the chickpeas, is my blender powerful enough etc. That&#8217;s when I thought why said you need to make them with chickpeas?! Why not try beans instead? They have the same consistency and are super healthy too. <br><br>Okay, maybe the thought spurred because I couldn&#8217;t get chickpeas during Corona-lock down. Haha Neither the less, they&#8217;re super easy to make and the green colour just adds happiness to your plate.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_2865.jpg\" alt=\"Green falafels with gut-friendly Haydari\" class=\"wp-image-1274\"\/><figcaption>Green falafels with gut-friendly Haydari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homemade Haydari &#8211; gut-friendly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haydari is normally a spread made from feta cheese, red peppers and spices and origins from Turkey. I had Kefir Cream Cheese so I used this to make my haydari. It turned out just as great &#8211; and with the extra benefits of kefir what&#8217;s not to like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gut-friendly Kefir<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kefir is<\/strong>\u00a0a healthy, fermented drink with a consistency comparable to drinkable yoghurt. This product\u00a0is\u00a0traditionally made from dairy milk, but plenty of non-dairy options are available. Studies suggest that it boosts your immune system, aids in digestive problems and improves bone health which is great for me as I don&#8217;t drink milk and do a lot of exercises so I need to keep my bones strong and healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kefir&#8217;s\u00a0flavour is naturally sweet, slightly bubbly, and mild but a bit tangy as well. The drink is made either with\u00a0kefir\u00a0grains or a powdered\u00a0kefir\u00a0starter. The grains aren&#8217;t an actual grain\u00a0like\u00a0wheat<strong> <\/strong>but are made of bacteria and yeast \u2014 the good kind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--WPRM Recipe 1275-->\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe\">\n\t<h2 class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-name\">Green falafels and gut-friendly Haydari<\/h2>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_2865-150x150.jpg\"\/>\t<p class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Green falafels served with gut-friendly haydari made from baked red peppers and Kefir cream cheese is a really good and healthy option for a meat-free meal.<\/p>\t<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-ingredients\">\n\t\t<h4>Green falafels made with beans<\/h4><ul><li>500 g broad beans (from frozt)<\/li><li>1 brown onion<\/li><li>2 garlic cloves<\/li><li>50 g parsley<\/li><li>50  g fresh spinach<\/li><li>2 tsp cumin<\/li><li>1\u00bd tsp salt<\/li><li>1 tbsp sesame oil<\/li><li>sesame seeds for coating<\/li><\/ul><h4>Haydari<\/h4><ul><li>2 red peppers<\/li><li>1 pot (150g) Kefir Cream Cheese with Red pepper and Cumin (I used Biotiful)<\/li><li>1 handful parsley<\/li><li>2 tsp Sambal Oelek <\/li><li>1 clove garlic<\/li><\/ul><h4>Other<\/h4><ul><li>1 pack Genious Beetroot Wraps<\/li><li>\u00bc red cabbage (shredded or finely chopped)<\/li><li>\u00bc sweetheart cabbage (shredded or finely chopped)<\/li><li>2 carrots (shredded or peeled to ribbons)<\/li><li>Sugarsnaps<\/li><\/ul>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-instructions\">\n\t\t<h4>Haydari<\/h4><ol><li><p>Turn on the oven at 200 C<\/p><\/li><li><p>Rinse and cut the peppers in halves. Brush with a little olive oil and salt + peppar <\/p><\/li><li><p>Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until they develop big, black spots on the skin. Let them cool down and peel off the skin. <\/p><\/li><li><p>Blend the peppers with the remaining ingredients.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Pour boiling hot water over the broad beans so that they defrost. <\/p><\/li><li><p>Peel and chop the onion and garlic and blend with the defrosted beans and the rest of the ingredients into a thick batter. <\/p><\/li><li><p>Using a spoon and the palm of your hand, shape the batter into round balls and put them on a lined baking tray. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. <\/p><\/li><li><p>Bake in the oven for 25-35 minutes until just crispy. <\/p><\/li><li><p>Serve with the veggies and beet wraps. <\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-notes\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!--End WPRM Recipe-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you like this, you might be interested in my <a href=\"https:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/glutenfree-crispbread-fibre-rich\/\">gluten-free crispbread with Psyllium Husk<\/a> which also provides excellent digestion aid and an extra boost of fibres. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green falafels served with gut-friendly haydari made from baked red peppers and Kefir cream cheese is a really good and healthy option for a meat-free meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11,9,10],"tags":[23,116,119,121,140],"class_list":["post-1273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","category-fitness-treats","category-sauces-and-dressings","category-snacks","tag-beans","tag-green","tag-gut-friendly","tag-haydari","tag-kefir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ryeinthesky.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}