Vegan Falafels
Yesterday we decided to have some sort of vegan bbq, eventually ended up making falafels in the oven. Even though not made on a real bbq, they were great! Recipe below.
Ingredients:
Preparation:
You will need a food processor with an S blade (I use Hamilton Beach). Place soaked chickpeas into the processor together with onion and garlic, chop them until the chickpeas are mashed.
Then add cumin, salt, cayenne, rice flour, then keep mixing. Finally add olive oil, parsley and cilantro. Mix in food processor until you get a uniform mass. If it is too liquid, you can add some more flour - but don't add too much because the falafels would then have a bread'y flavour. After everything is mixed, place the covered container into the fridge for about an hour. Once the mix is cooled, form it into balls with your hands and place them on baking tray (covered with parchment paper; if using aluminium foil, make sure to spread some oil on it).
Preheat oven to 205 degrees Celsius, bake for 25-30 min. But keep checking! If you see that falafels started to turn light brown, turn them upside down and cook for 5-10min more. All ovens are a bit different, so make sure to not overcook.
Once ready, take them out, garnish with some lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and serve with hummus. Enjoy! :)
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cups soaked chickpeas (that would probably be equal to 1 cup dried chickpeas initially)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 tbsp fresh parsley
- 3 tbsp fresh cilantro
- 1-2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1-1.5 dessert spoon of organic rice flour
Preparation:
You will need a food processor with an S blade (I use Hamilton Beach). Place soaked chickpeas into the processor together with onion and garlic, chop them until the chickpeas are mashed.
Then add cumin, salt, cayenne, rice flour, then keep mixing. Finally add olive oil, parsley and cilantro. Mix in food processor until you get a uniform mass. If it is too liquid, you can add some more flour - but don't add too much because the falafels would then have a bread'y flavour. After everything is mixed, place the covered container into the fridge for about an hour. Once the mix is cooled, form it into balls with your hands and place them on baking tray (covered with parchment paper; if using aluminium foil, make sure to spread some oil on it).
Preheat oven to 205 degrees Celsius, bake for 25-30 min. But keep checking! If you see that falafels started to turn light brown, turn them upside down and cook for 5-10min more. All ovens are a bit different, so make sure to not overcook.
Once ready, take them out, garnish with some lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and serve with hummus. Enjoy! :)