Falafel

Name: Falafel
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup Chickpea; 1 small onion; 3 Garlic cloves; as per taste Green chili (optional); 1/2 cup Coriander leaves, chopped; 1/2 cup parsley, chopped; 1 tsp coriander powder; 1 tsp cumin powder; 1 tsp pepper powder; to taste salt; As needed Besan; 2 tbsp White sesame seeds; 1/4 tsp Baking soda; as needed Oil for frying

Monica Rangaswamy @monicacookbook

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Falafel is popular Middle East food/snack made from mixture of chickpeas, herbs, spices and then deep fried until crispy from outside and tender from inside. Falafel is common street food that is eaten alone as snack or served as part of appetizer. Falafel is served with pita bread as a sandwich along with hummus/tahini sauce, salad, pickled vegetables and hot sauce.

Monica Rangaswamy @monicacookbook

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Ingredients

45 minutes

4 persons

1 cupChickpea
1small onion
3Garlic cloves
as per tasteGreen chili (optional)
1/2 cupCoriander leaves, chopped
1/2 cupparsley, chopped
1 tspcoriander powder
1 tspcumin powder
1 tsppepper powder
to tastesalt
As neededBesan
2 tbspWhite sesame seeds
1/4 tspBaking soda
as neededOil for frying

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Wash and soak chickpeas for 8 hours. Drain the water completely.
2

Transfer the chickpeas to food processor and pulse until chickpeas are coarse.
3

Add in roughly chopped onion, garlic, parsley, coriander leaves, coriander powder, cumin powder, pepper powder, salt and green chili(If using). Pulse few times until very finely minced scraping down as necessary.
4

Transfer the prepared mixture to a bowl. Refrigerate the mixture for 15-30 minutes.
5

Heat oil for deep frying. Add in besan as needed to bind the mixture. Add in white sesame seeds, baking soda and mix well.
6

Use a falafel scooper to shape the falafel or can be shaped with ice-cream scooper too. Dip the falafel with white sesame seeds and slide it into oil.
7

Fry them on both sides until brown and crispy. Strain onto tissue paper.
8

Serve hot and crispy Falafel with hummus and pita bread.