Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, chickpea falafels. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Falafel made with canned chickpeas - just like the ones you taste in a Greek restaurant. Serve with hummus or tzatziki sauce. Falafel recipe - A detailed step by step photo guide to make delicious chickpea falafel at home.
Chickpea Falafels is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chickpea Falafels is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chickpea falafels using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Chickpea Falafels:
- Get 1 cup chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
- Prepare 4 scallions
- Take 2 cloves garlic
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- Get 1/4 cup chopped mint
- Take 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Take 1/2 cup plain dried breadcrumbs
- Get oil to fry
As I already mentioned above, this homemade falafel recipe requires no food processor, grinder, or deep fryer. All you need is a bowl and your hands! (Though a mortar and pestle will make it a little easier). Without any further ado, let me share the easy falafel recipe. Prep-Work-If you are using canned chickpeas, drain the liquid from the can, and rinse the chickpeas thoroughly.
Instructions to make Chickpea Falafels:
- If you use canned chickpeas, go ahead to rinse them all. If you use dried chickpeas, leave them in water overnight and rise them well before cooking.
- Place the drained chickpeas, garlic and salt in a bowl of a food processor and press until blended and chopped into fine pieces.
- Add parsley, mint, cilantro, cumin, and breadcrumbs (or panko) and press until blended well.
- It's time to form balls! I used my hands to form them. You can do it as I did, but you can also use falafel spoon which is available at an Arabic market or just 2 spoons to form balls. I was able to make 16 falafels with this recipe.
- A point is that it is better not to form a big ball because it can be broken while frying it.
- Heat the oil high (any oil can work. I used vegi oil.) It should be high heat to make brownish good-looking falafels.
- Place falafels into the oil and fry them until their surface turn into brown. I fried 4 pieces at once to avoid falafels from being broken.
- Drain fried falafels on kitchen paper and ready to serve! (Please try hummus and tahini recipes as well and eat with your falafels. Shukran!!)
If using dried chickpeas, then follow these steps below. Dried chickpeas: in a falafel, crispy texture is achieved by using dried chickpeas. So I would suggest you to use dried chickpeas if making falafel for the first time. Canned chickpeas give a completely different taste and texture. Healthy falafel recipe using canned chickpeas.
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