Easy, Healthyish, Recipes, Vegetarian

Easy Authentic Falafel Recipe

Falafel is a deep-fried ball or patty made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or both. Falafel is a traditional Middle Eastern food, commonly served in a pita, which acts as a pocket, or wrapped in a flatbread known as taboon; “falafel” also frequently refers to a wrapped sandwich that is prepared in this way.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Soaked Chickpeas
  • 1/4 Parsley
  • 3 Tbsp Chopped Coriander or Coriander Powder
  • 1/2 Cup Chopped Onions
  • 2 Cloves of Garlic
  • 1/4 Tsp Soda
  • 1/2 Tbsp Cumin Seeds
  • Salt to Taste
  • 1/2 Tbsp Water
  • Oil for Frying

Preparation

Prep: 5 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes

  1. In a mixer, add chickpeas, parsley, coriander or coriander powder, onions, garlic, soda, cumin seeds, and salt.
  2. Add very little water to it. Transfer this mixture to a bowl. In a pan, heat oil for frying. Meanwhile, shape the falafel mixture into round balls.
  3. You can also flatten them a bit. Once the oil is hot enough, fry these balls till they turn golden brown.
  4. Serve with hummus or make a wrap out of it if you have pita bread available. Serve hot. Enjoy!

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Aahuti Sejpal

Originally from Mumbai, I moved to Madrid in January 2019 for my graduate studies. It has been one year and five months since I am in Madrid and stuck in lockdown for two months due to COVID-19. Rather than feeling awful about this situation, I took it positively by utilizing this time to do what I have been yearning to do since the past few years - cooking! Having grown up watching Nigella Lawson and Master Chef, I have had some serious interest in cooking. To the extent that I was almost on the verge of enrolling myself in a culinary school in Paris when I was 18. For several reasons I haven’t experimented as much in the kitchen as I would have liked, until now. I decided to put on my chef’s hat on day 1 of #MadridLockdown and go all out with my amateur cooking experiments. So here I am, still in lockdown, penning down my recipes for all those who want to be the master chef of their own house.