Falafel recipe | How to make falafel

Falafel with hummus and pickled vegetables

Falafel are the best snack for your house party, which can be prepared easily in large batches. Read the recipe below. To make prepare this recipe, chickpeas are soaked, then ground up, and seasoned with onions, scallions and spices like parsley, garlic, cumin and coriander. Then, the mixture is shaped into balls and deep-fried in a large vat. The oil has to be hot enough so that when you drop the balls in, the outside gets nice and crispy and the inside doesn’t get too oily – a delicate balance that the best chefs have achieved.

Cooking 🕜 time 10 minutes

• For Falafel :
• Chickpeas – 1 cup
• Water – 4 cups (to soak chickpeas)
• Onions – 1/4 cup
• Scallions – 2 tablespoon
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Corinader leaves – 1 teaspoon
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

• For Hummus :
• Boiled chickpeas – 1/2 cup
• Tahini – 2 tablespoon
• Olive oil – 2 tablespoon
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Salt to taste
• A pinch of paprika powder

• For Pickled Vegetables :
• Assorted vegetables – 1/2 cup
• Vinegar – 1/2 cup
• Salt to taste
• Water – 1 cup

Buy Olitalia Olive Oil – https://www.amazon.in/Olitalia-Extra-Virgin-Olive-Oil/dp/B07QST3JXR

Method :

• Falafel :
• Soak chickpeas in water overnight and grind them coarsely.
• Add all the ingredients in a bowl except oil and mix well until combined.
• Form small balls with the mixture and flatten them.
• Deep fry in hot oil on medium flame until the Falafels turn crisp.

• Hummus :
• Mash the boiled chickpeas to form a smooth paste.
• Add garlic, tahini paste, olive oil and salt and mix well.
• Top with paprika powder.

• Pickled vegetables :
• Boil water and add vinegar to it.
• Add all the vegetables and salt to it.
• Blanch the vegetables for 1 minute and strain the liquid.

Serving suggestion –

This recipe taste the best with warm pita bread but you may serve it with a portion of house fries as well.

Comment down below if you would try this recipe at home?