Falafel is a very popular Middle Eastern street food. It is basically a deep fried ball or patty made with chickpeas and herbs and spices. For making Falafel, chickpeas are soaked for a few hours and then ground to a coarse paste along with herbs like parsley and coriander and then a few spices are added to the mixture to give it a lovely flavor.
Making it is very easy and it can be eaten as is along with some dip or can also be stuffed inside a pita pocket along with some tomato slices, greens and onions to make a delicious sandwich. Moreover its taste is simply so amazing that one resist eating them just as it is as well! After making it once, I have made it for umpteen times during parties and various other occasions as well just like Vegetable Spring Rolls.
Here is the recipe to make it from scratch.
Falafel
Falafel
Equipment Required – Food Processor, Frying Pan.
Falafel / Middle Eastern Deep Fried Chickpea Balls
Author: Neha
Ingredients
- Chole Chickpeas - 1 cup
- Onion - ½ cup ( finely chopped )
- Garlic - 6-8 cloves ( chopped )
- Fresh parsley - ¼ cup
- Fresh coriander - ¼ cup
- Roasted cumin powder - ½ tsp
- Red chili powder - ½ tsp
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper powder - ½ tsp
- All purpose flour - 2 tbsp
- Baking powder - ¼ tsp
- Baking soda - ¼ tsp
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- Wash and soak chickpeas in enough water for 5-6 hours.
- Drain the water.
- Add soaked chickpeas, onion, garlic, parsley and coriander in a food processor and make a coarse paste.
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Make small balls from the mixture.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- When the oil is hot, lower the heat to medium.
- Deep fry the falafel on medium heat till nicely browned.
- Remove on a tissue lined plate.
- Serve hot with tahini dip or hummus.
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Wow, love the pics, especially the last one.
indugetscooking
Thnx Indu 🙂
Congrats on your move to wordpress Neha ! Sure you will enjoy it
Falafels are my favourite but I would compromise on the taste to go for a baked version.will try this recipe.
Hope you will settle down soon with WordPress! Let me know for any help
Thnx a lot Sireesha 🙂
Hi Neha……! Awesome recipes……..u know it I am yr fan…….!
I make Falafel………with chickpeas and fava beans., and after making the dough….add some seasame seeds…….! Take care.
Thnx a lot Jaya. Sesame seed sounds like a nice addition. Will try next time.