This is possibly the best falafel recipe you’ll come across. The crunch is unreal, and it’s also super delicious.
Ingredients
- 4 cups overnight soaked garbanzo beans
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 of a medium onion
- Tops of 1 bunch of radishes about a handful
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp ground anise, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/2 tbsp salt, 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbs water
- Vegetable oil for frying
- Falafel scoop maker
Instructions
- 1- rinse the beans from the soaking water, add the 1/2 tsp baking soda to the garbanzo beans and mix well.
- 2- in a food processor add 1/2 of an onion, 3 cloves of garlic and radish tops, process to medium. Add half of the garbanzo beans and process pushing the mixture in between to make sure everything thing is combined. The consistency must be coarse, add to a large bowl.
- 3- process the rest of the garbanzo beans the same way but with no vegetables, add to the bowl. Now add 1 teaspoon of ground coriander, cumin, ground anise, cayenne pepper, salt, baking soda and water and mix well. The falafel mix should be a pale greenish yellow color.
- 4- add the falafel mixture to the food processor and pulse for 10 times to make sure everything is combined.
- 5- in the same bowl let the falafel mix rest for 30 minutes at room temperature and it’s ready to be fried.
- 6- in a deep frying pan bring the oil to 400 F, you can test the readiness by throwing a small piece of the falafel it should float right away. Once you start frying keep the flame on medium about 350 F.
- 7- using a falafel scoop, dip the scoop in water form the falafel in a dome shape and drop on the oil. You will have to work quickly, fry until golden from both sides ( please be careful when frying in hot oil ). Serve next to pita bread with a side of humus, fries and vegetable. Super yum!
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