Baked Falafel
Quick Details
Makes: about 20 falafel
Soaking time: overnight
Baking time: about 24 minutes
Diet: Vegetarian
Makes: about 20 falafel
Soaking time: overnight
Baking time: about 24 minutes
Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 1 cup dried chickpeas soaked overnight
- 1 handful coriander
- 1 handful dill
- 1 handful parsley cleaned
- 2 onions roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri chilli powder
- 2 teaspoons coriander seed powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil plus 1 teaspoon per falafel
- 4 tablespoons besan gram flour
Instructions
- Blend the herbs. Add the coriander, dill and parsley to a food processor with the onions, cumin powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt and olive oil. Blitz.
- Add the chickpeas. Drain the soaked chickpeas and blend in batches to a coarse mixture.
- Bind. Transfer to a bowl, add the besan and mix well.
- Shape. Oil a baking tray. Roll tablespoon sized balls and flatten slightly on the tray. Add 1 teaspoon of oil on top of each.
- Bake. Bake at 200°C for 12 minutes, flip and bake for 12 minutes more.
- Serve. Serve with hummus and olives.