Recipe ideas for falafel mix and zaatar

[miss direct]

I went to a Syrian shop and bought the following items. Now usually you'd fry the falafel, and mix the zaatar with olive oil and use as a dip. However, I'm on a low fat diet - does anyone have any different ideas as to how I could use the ingredients to make something delicious and healthy?

 

[Manter]

Sprinkle za'atar on fish before you cook it, with salt and lemon juice

Mix with olive oil and lemon juice as a salad dressing

Seasoning for chicken with crushed garlic, salt and chopped coriander- rub under the skin of thigh pieces and oven bake

Syrians use it on hundreds of things- pretty much like we'd use salt and pepper

 

[trabuquera]

Honestly I don't think there is any other way to make falafel than to fry it, sorry....

 

[iona]

You can bake falafel instead of frying them. Or shallow-fry in only a tiny bit of oil if you have a pan they won't stick to.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

A very light coating of oil on the falafel so they roast rather then bake.