Easy Falafel Recipes

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the chickpeas, scallions, garlic, cumin, coriander, cayenne, parsley, cilantro, egg, and lemon juice. Pulse to combine and season with salt. The mixture will not be smooth, but it should not have large chunks.
• Add in the baking powder and 1/3 cup of the flour and pulse to just combine. Remove to a bowl and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Remove the chickpea mixture from the refrigerator. Add enough oil to a large saute pan so it reaches 1/2-inch up the sides and heat it over medium-high heat until an inserted thermometer reads 360 degrees F.
• Meanwhile, drop spoonfuls of the chickpea mixture onto a plate with 1/4 cup flour. Roll into balls on the floured plate and press gently into patties. Fry in batches of hot oil for about 3 to 4 minutes each side and drain on paper towels.
• Serve the falafel on a bed of lettuce with chopped salted tomatoes, grated cucumber and White Bean Yogurt Sauce.

Steps:

• Place garbanzo beans, 1/4 cup panko bread crumbs, onion, 1/4 cup olive oil, egg, parsley, curry powder, garlic powder, lemon juice, and black pepper in a food processor or blender. Puree until coarse crumbles form. Blend more panko crumbs into mixture if it is too moist.
• Roll mixture into balls about the size of a golf ball; place on a plate.
• Press into patties and coat in panko bread crumbs.
• Heat about 1-inch olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
• Pan-fry patties until crispy, about 3 minutes on each side.

Steps:

• Place chickpeas in a bowl and cover about 2-inches with cold water; let it soak for 24 hours. Next day, drain very well and transfer to a bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
• Add onions, garlic, parsley, cilantro, mint, cumin, baking powder, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, flour and lemon juice; process until finely ground but not puréed, stopping a few times to clean up the sides of the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap making sure it touches the surface and transfer to the refrigerator for 3 hours.
• In a large skillet pour in oil and bring the temperature to 350ºF. Using a falafel scoop or a sorbet scoop, form balls the size of walnut or gold ball. Otherwise moist hands if not using scoops.
• Transfer balls (don't over crowd it) in the skillet and fry for about 5 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer them on a plate lined with paper towel before serving.
• TAHINI SAUCE.
• • ¾ cup tahini paste.
• • ¾ cup 2% plain yogurt.
• • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• • ¼ teaspoons garlic powder.
• • 1 pinch ground Himalayan sea salt.
• In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients; whisk until well blended. Cover and transfer to the refrigerator for 3 hours.

Steps:

• Soak the chickpeas in cold water for 8 hrs, or overnight.
• Drain the chickpeas and pulse with the bicarb in a food processor until roughly chopped. Remove 3/4 of the mixture and set aside.
• Add the garlic, vegetables, spices and herbs to the remaining mixture in the processor and purée to a paste. Stir the paste into the rough purée of chickpeas, add the gram flour, season and mix well.
• Heat oven to 110C/90C fan/gas 1/4. Heat a large, non-stick frying pan over a medium heat and add some of the oil. Use your hands to form the mixture into patties (there should be enough to make about 16). Fry for 2 mins each side until crisp. Keep in a warm oven while you fry the remainder of the mixture, continuing to add a little oil to the pan with each batch. Serve wrapped in flatbreads, if you like, alongside the houmous, tabbouleh and pickled red onion & radish.

Steps:

• Combine chickpeas, garlic, onion, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper (to taste) in medium bowl. Add flour and combine well.
• Mash chickpeas, ensuring to mix ingredients together. You can also combine ingredients in a food processor. You want the result to be a thick paste.
• Form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a ping pong ball. Slightly flatten.
• Fry in 2 inches of oil at 350 degrees until golden brown (2-5 minutes).