Quick and easy Falafel Recipe
 
 
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Serves: 20 falafels
Ingredients
  • 1 cup dried chickpeas
  • ½ large onion
  • 2 tbsp parsley
  • 2 tbsp coriander
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ tsp red chilli powder
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp besan/chickpea flour
  • Oil, for cooking
  • salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Wash and soak the chickpeas overnight.
  2. In a blender, or food processor, place the uncooked drained chickpeas, onions, parsley, coriander leaves, salt, pepper, and spices. Pulse the mixture until blended but not pureed. You want the mixture to be a little coarse, couscous like. Scrape the sides of the processor periodically and push the mixture down the sides when pulsing.
  3. Add in the baking soda and the chickpea flour and pulse 2-3 more times.
  4. Cover and refrigerate the mixture for few hours.
  5. In a frying pan, fill with oil to 1½ inches. Heat oil over medium heat.
  6. Form round balls (2 tbsp mixture per falafel) from the falafel mixture. In case the mixture isnt holding together, you can pulse it a few more times in the processor to a more paste like consistency so that they hold together better.
  7. Fry the falafel balls 2-3 minutes per side till deep golden brown on both sides and super crusty on the outside. Make sure the oil is not too hot else the falafels wont cook internally and will brown from the top.
  8. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining falafel.
  9. Serve them warm with hummus or stuff them in your pita.
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2019/12/28/homemade-falafel-recipe/