Chickpea falafel

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the specified ingredients for making falafel from chickpeas. Greens can be taken any to taste: dill, parsley, cilantro, mint, etc. Spices can be taken some more, some excluded - also to taste.

2. Step 2:

   

   Sort the chickpeas if necessary, then pour them into a cup. Fill with water and rinse. Pour water again and leave to swell for 10-12 hours, you can overnight at room temperature. After a while, the peas will absorb all the water and will be swollen. If the liquid remains, you need to drain it. In some recipes, chickpeas (or other legumes) are not infused in water, but boiled until half-cooked.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel onion and garlic and rinse with herbs. Chop the onion, pass the garlic through the press.

4. Step 4:

   

   Chop the chickpeas with a blender or meat grinder. It is necessary that the structure be homogeneous. I used a meat grinder.

5. Step 5:

   

   You can also mince greens and onions with garlic. Then the finished products will turn out more tender and juicy. Mix chopped chickpeas, herbs and onions with garlic in a bowl.

7. Step 6:

   

   Add spices to the prepared products. Let me remind you that their number can be varied, put only a part, and then try. If there are not enough of them to your taste, add more. Pour a couple of tablespoons of cool water and add baking soda.

8. Step 7:

   

   Mix the whole mass thoroughly and cover with a bag or lid. Next, the paste should be infused on the table for half an hour.

9. Step 8:

   

   Then you need to mix the chickpea mass with wheat flour. Mix everything evenly.

10. Step 9:

    

    Wetting your hands in cold water, you need to take part of the prepared mass and roll the ball with your hands. You need to take a little mass so that the balls are small and easily fried in oil. When all the balls are ready, heat the sunflower oil in a frying pan or in a saucepan, it should be hot.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put chickpea balls in a frying pan and fry them on all sides over medium heat so that they do not burn out ahead of time, but are completely cooked inside. Place the fried balls on a paper towel. Ready-made falafel to serve with fresh herbs and your favorite sauce.