Falafel

Ingredients

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium (2-1/2" dia) or 110g

• Garlic

  Raw

  6 clove or 18g

• Chickpeas

  (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned

  1 ½ cup or 360g

• Fresh cilantro

  Coriander leaves, raw

  11 ⅛ tbsp or 11g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tbsp or 18g

• Chili powder

  Spices

  ⅓ tbsp or 3g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  ⅔ tbsp, ground or 6g

• Parsley

  Raw

  2 ⅝ tbsp or 10g

• Baking powder

  Leavening agents, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate

  ⅔ tbsp or 9g

• Chickpea flour

  (besan)

  ½ cup or 46g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  3 tbsp or 41g

Directions

1. Blend the onions and garlic to get a fine white mixture. Set aside.
2. Put the chickpeas, coriander, salt, chili powder, and cumin in a food processor again and pulse a few times, but do not make this mixture of paste.
3. Mix the onion and garlic mixture with the baking powder and flour gradually in order to control the quantity. You need to form a ball, but not sticky.
4. Merge the two mixtures and let cool in refrigerator.
5. Form balls of the mixture, heat a pan with a little oil and fry briefly on both sides. Enjoy.

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