Falafel | A Popular Mediterranean Dish
Falafel is a very popular Mediterranean plant based recipe known for its versitality. A perfect meatless meal for your Meatless Mondays.
Equipment
- 1 food processor
Ingredients
- 2 Cups dried chickpeas
- 1 yellow or red onion, cubed
- 4-5 cloves of garlic
- 1 cup fresh parsley
- 1 cup fresh cilantro
- 1 tbsp ground coriander (roasted optional)
- 2 tsp cumin powder, roasted
- ½ tsp red chili powder or to taste
- 3 tbsp chickpea flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1.5 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/4-1/2 tsp baking soda
- oil for frying
Instructions
- Soak the chickpeas overnight in hot water so that they are get a bit tender.
- Drain and wash them thoroughly and set aside.
- Wash a cup of parsley and cilantro. Set aside so the water is drained. Cut the stems.
- Once we have all the ingredients ready, add them to the food processor other than baking soda, baking powder and the chickpea flour.
- Process everything using pulse button as you don't want it to be super smooth. You want the consistency to be a bit coarse.
- Now the mixture is ready. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and keep it on a medium heat.
- As soon the oil is ready, you can add the chickpea flour, baking powder and soda to the mixture. Mix it well.
- Make small balls using your hands or a small ice cream scooper and place it on a plate.
- You want to make sure that the oil is not super hot or on the colder side. Now add a few balls in the oil and fry them until golden brown.
- Repeat the process until you are done.
- Serve it as it is with your choice of hummus or you can make pita pockets.
- Enjoy them hot.
Notes
- If you don't have chickpea flour, you can use the all purpose flour instead.
- You can bake them or air fry them, I haven't tried them myself.
- The mixture can be made ahead of time, just don't add the baking soda, baking powder or salt until ready to fry.