Falafel recipe

hadlam83
hadlam83 Posts: 140
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Does anybody have a quick and easy Falafel (spelling sorry) recipe thats not too high in calories?

Thanks in advance :)

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  • FeebRyan
    FeebRyan Posts: 738 Member
    sure, 500g chickpeas, soaked, cooked and drained or just drained if its a tin

    blitz in a food processor but not for ages, you want a rough consistency

    Mix with

    a **** load of cumin
    a **** load of coriander powder
    some fresh coriander
    about a half tsp salt n pepper
    a chopped onion
    some garlic powder (about a tblspoon
    mix all together and throw in an egg, mix that round and form into falafal sized balls
    helps if you put them in the fridge a bit to set

    then deep fry for 3 mins on very very very hot (make sure the oil is hot before you put it in or it will soak into the balls nad make them unhealthy)

    Yummy with hummus, salad and pitta.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    Does anybody have a quick and easy Falafel (spelling sorry) recipe thats not too high in calories?

    Thanks in advance :)

    I've found that if you use a blender, you may omit the need for eggs as a binder. Instead of deep frying, oven fry them or just bake them. Have a look at the attached link and see if her recipe is to your liking.

    http://pickyeaterblog.com/healthy-falafel-recipe/
  • BlueDancer
    BlueDancer Posts: 15 Member
    FeebRyan, that looks like a really good recipe, thanks! I swear no matter what though, every time I have ever attempted to make falafel on my own, it's a disaster! Being in New York and all, I live near so many great falafel places that I always tend to forget trying to make it myself.

    eta: The idea of deep frying anything though seriously freaks me out! In the past I've tried to just bake them in a baking pan with olive oil, maybe that's why they never came out right!
  • Zylahe
    Zylahe Posts: 772 Member
    Oven them don't fry them. I had some the other day with some grated carrot in the mix, so that would also work well.

    If you make them patty shaped rather than balls it might be easier, that way you just flip them 1/2 way through, less fiddling, so less chance of falling apart maybe.

    I have added that recipie to my list, getting hungry :bigsmile:
  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    I've tried to just bake them in a baking pan with olive oil, maybe that's why they never came out right!

    That could very well be it@olive oil or not. Possibly subsidising it with peanut/canola oil to lightly coat the baking pan to ovenfry as recommended by Gemma/Zylahe, then flattening the balls some to pattie-size as advised by Zylahe, will greatly reduce the failed baked falafels. It's quite temperamental, sensitive to temperature to be baked at a maximum of 15 mins per side.
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    I've tried to just bake them in a baking pan with olive oil, maybe that's why they never came out right!

    That could very well be it@olive oil or not. Possibly subsidising it with peanut/canola oil to lightly coat the baking pan to ovenfry as recommended by Gemma/Zylahe, then flattening the balls some to pattie-size as advised by Zylahe, will greatly reduce the failed baked falafels. It's quite temperamental, sensitive to temperature to be baked at a maximum of 15 mins per side.

    Or if you own a healthy deep fryer like a Hammacher Schlemmer you could cut the cals that way using only 2 Tbsp of oil.

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