Falafel, hummus and mezze in Jaipur, 54 dishes at nine kitchens

Falafel is what guests talk about most at Red Coal, and at Nuroh it is falafel, hummus and muhammara. So we counted every falafel, hummus and mezze plate, Lebanese and Middle Eastern, on the menus: 54 at nine kitchens, 20 of them with falafel and 34 with hummus. All but four are vegetarian.

A snapshot of the live menus on 13 October 2026, prices as listed. Calories and protein are Harkara's estimates from each dish's name and description, not lab values; platters are counted whole, though most are made to share.

Nuroh, for the full spread

Nuroh in C-Scheme has 24 of the 54. Its hummus comes four ways, classic, beetroot, basil and spiced, at ₹399 each, and the taster with all four is also ₹399. There is baba ganoush, muhammara, tzatziki, tabbouleh and fattoush, a plate of falafel (about 288 kcal and 10 g of protein), manakish flatbreads from ₹399 and an Arabic koshari. The Nuroh Mezze Platter, ₹899, is the one to share: about 1,148 kcal and 32 g of protein across the table. Its falafel rolls are filling, 646 to 768 kcal each.

Red Coal, for falafel on the go

Red Coal, also in C-Scheme, keeps it street-style: a cold falafel wrap at ₹350, a falafel burger (the Lebanese Burger, with fries) at ₹280, soya and paneer shawarma, a Lebanese salad with falafel and hummus at ₹400 and about 312 kcal, and a ₹640 mezze platter with four falafel, hummus, tzatziki and tortillas.

The rest of the city

Midori, The Zen Bar folds hummus and muhammara into bagels, croissants, sourdough toast and a falafel sando, and its Lebanese Platter (₹630) uses air-fried falafel. Oree Coffee & Kitchen has a falafel bowl with hummus at ₹395 and a Lebanese board at ₹575. Ciro Co's House Hummus Plate, ₹699, brings three hummus, woodfire pita and falafel. Cafe LazyMojo has pita pockets with four falafel, a paneer shawarma roll and four chicken dishes. Ratio is the cheapest: a falafel paratha burger at ₹165 and a smashed falafel wrap at ₹250, with a curry-leaf hummus of its own. Green Feast, C-Scheme puts beetroot hummus in a ₹349 bowl, and Tap The Roots puts hummus on a ₹140 sourdough chola bhatura.

How it's fried

Falafel is usually deep-fried, so the oil matters. Nuroh cooks in olive oil and, by its own answer, filters and reuses frying oil for up to a week; Red Coal cooks in olive oil and reuses it for up to two days. Midori air-fries the falafel on its Lebanese Platter, and Ratio declares itself a no-oil kitchen. Each kitchen's answers are on its page and in the cooking oil guide.

For protein

Chickpeas give falafel and hummus fibre more than protein: a hummus here is about 13 g of protein for nearly 400 kcal. The vegetarian plates with the most protein add paneer: Midori's Marrakech Paneer with hummus, about 30 g for 628 kcal, and Green Feast's Mediterranean Bliss Bowl, about 23 g for 510.

All 54