Simple Way to Make Falafel

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, falafel. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Falafel is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Falafel is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

In most parts of the Middle East, falafel is made with ground chickpeas. However, in Egypt, we make it with dried fava beans. They are best served with pita bread, tomato, onions, and tahini sauce.

Recipe of Falafel

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook falafel using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Falafel:

1. Make ready 2 cups chickpeas
2. Take 1 small onion, roughly chopped
3. Make ready 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
4. Make ready 3-5 cloves garlic
5. Make ready 1 1/2 tbsp flour or chickpea flour
6. Get To taste Salt
7. Get 2 tsp cumin
8. Take 1 tsp ground coriander
9. Make ready 1/4 tsp black pepper
10. Make ready as needed Vegetable oil for frying

Peanut or vegetable oil, for frying. Scoop out heaping tablespoons of the mixture and shape it into balls or small patties. Fry in batches, without crowding, until nicely browned, turning as necessary; total cooking time per. Falafel is a popular Middle Eastern "fast food" made of a mixture of chickpeas (or fava beans), fresh herbs, and spices that are formed into a small patties or balls.

Instructions

Steps to make Falafel:

1. Pour the chickpeas into a large bowl and cover them by about 3 inches of cold water. Let them soak overnight. They will double in size as they soak.
2. Drain and rinse the chickpeas. Pour them into your food processor along with the chopped onion, garlic cloves, parsley, flour or chickpea flour, salt, cumin, ground coriander, black pepper.
3. Blend until fairly smooth, then shape like small balls.
4. Heat 2 tbsp sunflower oil in a non-stick frying pan, add the falafel balls, then quickly fry for 3 mins on each side until lightly golden.
5. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
6. Serve with hummus and a green salad.

It's thought that falafel originated in Egypt as Coptic Christians looked for a hearty replacement for meat during long seasons of fasting or lent. Think of fritters or pancakes and you get the idea. * Falafel plates - with tabbouleh and/or shredded iceberg lettuce with tomato slices, onion (red or white), Tahini Sauce with optional hummus with pita breads on the side. A spiced pilaf like Mejadra (Middle Eastern Lentil Rice) is a terrific addition as well (and GF option). Falafel is a Middle Eastern food with a long history in Arab countries, as well as ancient Israel. The word falafel may descend from the Arabic word falāfil, a plural of the word filfil, meaning "pepper."These fried vegetarian fritters are often served along with hummus and tahini sauce (known as a "falafel plate.") They're also great served with toum, a Middle Eastern garlic sauce.

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