Falafel

Name: Falafel
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups- Dried chickpeas soaked overnight and drained; 1 large - onion chopped; 1 cup - Chopped Coriander leaves; 1/2 cup - Chopped Parsley; 5-6 no - Garlic pods; 4-5 no - Green Chili; 1 tsp - paprika powder; 1 tsp - Crushed black pepper; 1.5 tsp - Cumin Powder; 1 tsp - Coriander Powder; 1 tsp - Baking Powder; to taste Salt; 1 cup or as needed - Vegetable oil

Suparna Sengupta @suparna_sengupta

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Falafel is a popular Middle Eastern deep fried/ oven baked ball or patty shaped street food ,made with Dried chickpeas Onions,Garlic,spices and lots of freshly chopped herbs.
Falafel is a Delicious,healthy & high protein vegetarian food.It most likely originated in Egypt but you can find it all over the world.It can be served plain or in wraps or with salads for complete meals.
I think these is the perfect,healthy tasty yummy dish on students budget.These is a pocket friendly food for Students.

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Suparna Sengupta @suparna_sengupta

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Ingredients

30 minutes

4 Servings

2cups- Dried chickpeas soaked overnight and drained
1large - onion chopped
1 cup- Chopped Coriander leaves
1/2 cup- Chopped Parsley
5-6no - Garlic pods
4-5no - Green Chili
1 tsp- paprika powder
1 tsp- Crushed black pepper
1.5 tsp- Cumin Powder
1 tsp- Coriander Powder
1 tsp- Baking Powder
to tasteSalt
1 cupor as needed - Vegetable oil

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Pour the chickpeas into a bowl and add enough water into it soak them for overnight.
2

Drain and rinse the Chickpeas and add them in to the food processor.
3

Add Coriander leaves,Parsley leaves,Onion Garlic pods,Green chili,paprika powder,Crushed Black pepper,Cumin powder,Coriander Powder,salt to taste along with chickpeas in to the food processor.
4

Now blend all the ingredients together until well combined but don’t make it completely smooth paste (the texture should be looks like uneven).
5

Now Transfer the mixture in a bowl add baking powder and give a nice mix with a spatula/ Hand.Now Cover the bowl and refrigerate it for 1-2 hours.
6

Now using your hands or scoop or spoon from the Chickpeas mixture gently shape it into balls or patties.
7

Now heat the oil in a pan or wok,transfer 5-7 falafel balls or patties (fry the falafel In 2-3 batches,don’t fry them all together) into it,flipping them as needed,fry them until both sides turn into golden brown.In the same process fry all of those falafel.
8

Now transfer them in a paper towel lined plate.And serve it warm with humus and a side of pita bread.