DIY Falafels!
Description
Falafel are so easy and tasty and a great way to eat legumes. Each falafel has about 5g plant protein!
Ingredients
- 1 cup chickpeas
- 1 onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- handful parsley, dill & coriander
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
Instructions
- Soak 1 cup chickpeas overnight in 500ml water.
- Drain water and blend raw chickpeas until they are a paste. Put aside.
- Blend 1 onion, 5 garlic cloves, handful of parsley, dill, coriander, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp ground coriander seeds, 1tsp chili flakes.
- Add chickpea paste and combine well.
- If mixture is too dry add a little oil (avoid adding liquid).
- If it's too wet add a little wheat/lupin flour.
- Add salt and pepper.
- Before deep frying, mix through half tsp bicarb soda to make them fluffy. Use extra virgin olive oil for frying.