Falafel in Airfryer

Name: Falafel in Airfryer
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 200 g Chickpeas (kabuli Chane); 1 Piece Onion, Roughly Chopped; 3-4 Cloves Garlic, Crushed; 1/2 Cup Parsley, Roughly Chopped; 1/4 Green Coriander, Roughly Chopped; 1/2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds; 2 Tablespoon Chickpeas Flour (Besan); as per taste Salt; as per taste Black Pepper

Samira Gupta @cook_7860698

Falafel is a famous Middle Eastern street food made of chickpeas. In simple words, Falafels are chickpeas fritters served either as a snack with dips like Tahini or Hummus or is tucked in the pockets of pita bread or make a burger.

The beauty of the falafels is that they are crisp from the outside but are soft from inside. And making these is also very easy because unlike other lentil fritters you don’t have to beat the mixture. Just grind and make.
For vegetarians, it is a boon as chickpeas, as we all know is loaded with proteins and is a super healthy food in itself.

Falafel is rich in protein, carbohydrates, fiber and nutrients like calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium, vitamin C etc. Chickpeas are low in fat without any cholesterol but unfortunately falafel, being fried, absorb a lot of fat and thus the nutrients are overpowered by fat. So, if we can avoid fat then nothing like it.
And Falafel in air fryer is exactly that.

Samira Gupta @cook_7860698

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Ingredients

4 servings

200 gChickpeas (kabuli Chane)
1 PieceOnion, Roughly Chopped
3-4 ClovesGarlic, Crushed
1/2 CupParsley, Roughly Chopped
1/4Green Coriander, Roughly Chopped
1/2 teaspoonCumin Seeds
2 TablespoonChickpeas Flour (Besan)
as per tasteSalt
as per tasteBlack Pepper

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Steps

1

Wash chickpeas thoroughly and soak them in enough water for 4 to 6 hours or overnight. Ensure that you soak chickpeas in enough water as they absorb water and swell after some time.
2

Once chickpeas are properly soaked and doubled in size, drain all the water and put them in the food processor.
3

Add chopped onion, garlic, parsley, cilantro, salt and pepper.
4

Grind coarsely everything. It looks like a crumbled dough and is wet also because of onions.
5

Take out this crumbled dough in a bowl and add very little chickpeas flour until no longer wet and you can form balls out of it. It should not stick to your hands. If it does, add little more chickpeas flour.
6

Keep the dough in the refrigerator for at least half an hour. If possible for an hour or two. This resting period allows the excess starch to seep out and mixture binds together easily, thus becomes easy to form balls.
7

Preheat air fryer for 1o minutes at 180 degrees C.
8

Mix and make medium sized balls. Brush oil on these balls.
9

When the air fryer is preheated, take out the basket of air fryer and keep the balls in it and put the basket back in the air fryer.
10

After 7 to 8 minutes. flip the balls so that they are properly cooked from both sides.
11

After another 6 to 7 minutes, see that the falafels are properly cooked and golden in colour.
12

Serve these with hummus or with pita bread and hummus.
13

If grinding in the grinder then it is better to grind chickpeas only. When coarsely grounded then add other ingredients like onion etc.
14

In the absence of air fryer, cook these in an appe pan or in the oven or pan fry them. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C for 10 minutes, brush oil on the baking tray and lay falafels on it.
15

If you want to deep fry these falafels then add little more chickpeas flour so that they bind properly. Add one falafel in hot oil. If it breaks or falls apart then add little more chickpeas flour.