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Falafel 2 ways- baked and fried
SG Chef
Middle eastern crispy snack recipe Baked and classic fried versions are shown here. Healthy vegetarian protein rich snack recipe.
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Prep Time
8
hours
hrs
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Baking time
20
minutes
mins
Total Time
8
hours
hrs
50
minutes
mins
Course
Appetizer, Party Food, Snack
Cuisine
Middle eastern
Servings
12
falafel
Equipment
Electric oven- baking
Ingredients
400
gm
Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans
1
small
onion
¼
cup
Cilantro leaves
4
cloves
Garlic
1½
tbsp
Chickpea flour
1
tsp
Coriander powder
¼
tsp
black Peppercorns
a pinch of
ground Cardamom
2
tsp
Cumin
Vegetable oil
for frying
Salt
Instructions
Soak the chickpea/Garbanzo beans for 8 hours or overnight.
Add soaked beans in a blender.
Add garlic, cilantro leaves,salt,cumin, coriander powder,cardamom powder, chickepea flour.
Grind it into a coarse texture.
Mix the ground ingredients well.
Use fingers to make them into balls.
Use palm and fingers to flatten the balls and shape them into patties.
Baked Falafel
Preheat the oven into 170 C for 10 minutes.
Place them in a greased tray or a baking paper lined tray.
Bake the falafel for 20 minutes by flipping and turning them every 3 to 4 minutes.
If the falafel is not golden colour on the sides, bake them for 5 more minutes.
Fried falafel
Add oil in a hot pan. Bring the oil into high tempreature.
Low the heat into medium.
Add shaped falafel into the oil and fry.
Turn and flip the falafel while frying to cook them evenly.
Take out and strain the oil from falafel and place them in a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
Serve the falafel with Hummus or
simple mayo
.
Notes
Check out
High protein breakfast wraps recipe
for mayo dressing preparation.
Use dried garbanzo/chickpea and soak them for overnight or at least 8 hours. Don't substitute canned garbanzo. The result won't be good as we need the coarse mixture.
Keyword
#food, arabian, baked, chickpeas, falafel, fried, garbanzo, healthy food, hummus, lebanese, shawarma, snack