easy falafel recipe | easy falafel balls | how to make chickpea falafel
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 30 minutes
- Cook time: 30 minutes
- Total time: 540 minutes
- Yield: 20 Servings
- Category: snacks
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients
- 1½ cup chickpeas (soaked)
- ½ onion (sliced)
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 chilli
- 1 bunch coriander
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- ½ tsp pepper powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp sesame
- 1 tsp salt
- oil (for frying)
Method
- Firstly, soak 1½ cup chickpeas overnight and drain off the water.
- Transfer the soaked chickpeas into a mixer jar.
- Add ½ onion, 3 cloves garlic, 4 chilli and 1 bunch coriander.
- Pulse and grind to a coarse texture. You can also use a food chopper to blend.
- Transfer the mixture to the large bowl.
- Add ½ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp pepper powder, ½ tsp coriander powder, ½ tsp cumin powder, ½ tsp baking soda, 2 tbsp sesame and 1 tsp salt.
- Squeeze and mix well making sure all the spices are well combined.
- Take a ball-sized mixture and shape using a cookie cutter. You can shape to your choice.
- Deep fry in hot oil, keeping the flame on medium.
- Do not touch the falafel until it starts to float by itself.
- Stir occasionally, and fry uniformly until the falafel turns golden and crunchy.
- Drain off removing excess oil.
- Finally, enjoy Crispy Falafel Recipe with hummus.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.