Simple Way to Prepare Homemade Falafel

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, falafel. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Falafel is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Falafel is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook falafel using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Falafel:

1. Make ready 2 spring onions,finely chopped
2. Make ready 1/2 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained
3. Take 1 small clove of garlic, finely chopped
4. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground cumin
5. Take 1/4 large/ ½ small lemon
6. Take 1/4 tsp salt
7. Get 1/8 pepper
8. Take 1 tbsp plain flour (or Chickpea flour/Gram flour to make gluten free)
9. Make ready Alternative falafel flavours choose 1:
10. Take Carrot: 30g carrot, grated
11. Get Beetroot: 30g beetroot, grated
12. Get Sweet potato: 30g peeled sweet potato, grated
13. Take Herb: 2-3 tbsp parsley,finely chopped

Instructions to make Falafel:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees c/Gas mark6/400 degrees F.
2. Prepare a non stick oven and spray with oil/wipe with a little oil and set aside.
3. Place the chickpeas in a large bowl. Squeeze in the lemon and with a potato masher, mash the chickpeas until a soft mush. They should look more like hummus than chickpeas!
4. Add in the spring onions, garlic, cumin, flour and any additional flavour you have chosen and give the mixture a good stir.
5. Take a large teaspoon of the mixture. Squish it in your hand and then shape it into a ball. Flatten it slightly and keep turning and flattening the falafel until it is well help together and about the size of a 10p.
6. Place the falafel on the tray. Continue rolling the rest of the falafel until the mixture is finished.
7. Place the tray of falafel into the oven and cook for 8-10 minutes on each side so that they are nicely golden on each side.
8. Serve the falafel in a pitta with salad, hummus and any other of your favourite veggies.

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