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Falafel Balls & Bowl Recipe

Author: VeggieHomesteading.com

Ingredients

  • 1 cups dry chickpeas soaked for at least 12 hours
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • cup chickpea flour
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley
  • 2 cups green leaves
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • cup oil for frying
  • ½ red onion or 1 if a small one
  • ¼ tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp ground pepper
  • This recipe serves 2 falafel bowls 14-16 falafel balls.

Instructions

  • 1.    Set roughly chopped onion, garlic cloves and parsley in a food processor. Pulse a few times.
  • 2.    Add previously soaked and drained chickpeas, cumin, salt and ground pepper and blend again. Blend until granulated texture.
  • 3.    Transfer mix to a bowl and add chickpea flour. Stir very well and let it rest for 5 minutes. After that, you should be able to form the falafel bowls, add one more tablespoon of chickpea flour if needed.
  • 4.    Pressing very well with your hands roll mixture into 14-16 falafels. Its easier to make one by one and fry them at the same time. Only there they will be hard enough. To fry them add olive oil to a heated skillet and roll them over when they get brownish in the base.
  • 5.    Place them in a paper towel to drain the excess oil.
  • 6.    Serve them with green leaves, cherry tomatoes and tahini sauce.