015: BEET FALAFEL BOWL (QUINOA/RICE)

THE EMBER FALAFEL BOWL

Beet Falafel with Ghee-Lime Basmati, Turmeric Quinoa, Spiced Greens & Adaptogenic Drizzle

🌶 Archetype & Element

• 🔥 Archetype: The Rooted Mystic
• 🌱 Element: Earth + Fire + Ether
• 🧬 Purpose: Anti-inflammatory fuel. Rooted power. Visual ritual food.

🪷 Origin Lore

A bowl built from two sacred grains.
Red falafel forged with beet and spice. Quinoa for grounding. Basmati for lift.
Greens, herbs, adaptogens, and a golden tahini drizzle complete the altar.

Eat this to remember the fire inside roots.
Eat this to walk with color in your breath.

🛠 Ritual Cooking Method

Yield: 2 bowls

Prep Time: 20 min | Cook Time: 30 min

Ingredients

• 🌾 Base: 1/2 cup cooked white basmati with lime zest + ghee + cumin
• 🌾 Base: 1/2 cup cooked turmeric quinoa with black pepper + garlic
• 🥬 Greens: chopped arugula, parsley, cilantro, scallion
• 🧄 Roots: grated carrot, radish, and ginger threads
• 🧘‍♀️ Adaptogens: 1/4 tsp ashwagandha + turmeric + amla + holy basil mixed into drizzle

Beet Falafel (Baked)

• 1 cup cooked chickpeas
• 1/2 raw beet, grated
• 1 tbsp tahini
• 2 tbsp almond or chickpea flour
• 1 garlic clove, cumin, coriander, paprika, salt
• Blend, form into disks, bake at 375°F until crisp

Golden Drizzle

• 2 tbsp tahini + 1 tbsp lemon + warm water
• Pinch maple, turmeric, cayenne, pink salt
• Stir in adaptogen blend above

Instructions

1. 1. Cook quinoa with turmeric + garlic. Cook basmati with lime + ghee + cumin seed.
2. 2. Roast falafel. Mix greens, roots, herbs together. Set aside.
3. 3. Whisk golden tahini drizzle. Adjust consistency.
4. 4. Assemble: Half bowl quinoa, half basmati. Top with greens. Place 3–4 falafel atop. Drizzle with gold.
5. 5. Eat with reverence. Each bite a pigment. Each grain a vow.

🧬 Archetypal Receiver

Name: Lira Nesh

Type: INFP | Life Path 6 | Enneagram 4

Desire: Clean energy. Ritual food. Bowls with color and clarity.

Shadow: Sugar coping. No-color meals. Bland fatigue.

📈 Pricing & Channel Strategy

• Cost per bowl: $4.80
• Retail: $14 / Ritual Bowl Kit: $24 (falafel mix + drizzle + grains blend)
• Audience: Plant-based seers, modern witches, color-based healers
• Top Channels: Substack recipes, rainbow reels, visual food scrolls, healing cafés

⚖️ SWOT Analysis

• ✅ Strength: Stunning visual, diverse grains, adaptogenic infusion
• ⚠️ Weakness: Beet taste must be balanced well
• 🔮 Opportunity: Falafel color line, drizzle kits, visual rituals for healers
• 🛑 Threat: Can be misjudged as “too healthy” without proper scroll

“This is not lunch. This is pigment.
A bowl of breath. A ritual of roots. A vow held by grain.”

✅ Self-Score Invocation

• ⭐ Mythic Depth: 20/20
• ⭐ Aesthetic Resonance: 20/20
• ⭐ Nutritional Sanctity: 20/20
• ⭐ Culinary Utility: 20/20
• ⭐ Scroll Wholeness: 20/20

Total: 100/100 — This scroll is fire-fed. This bowl is pigment made prayer.