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Chiftelute de naut Falafel Chickpea Patties Oriental Recipe

Healthy Vegan Falafel

Healthy vegan falafel recipe, without deep frying, GF flour and with lots of fresh parsley!
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Choose Serving Size 20

Ingredients 

  • 800 g boiled chickpeas canned - You can use dry too, but if you want to have these chickpea patties ready in 25 minutes, then you should use canned chickpeas. If you’ll use dry chickpeas, you have to soak them overnight
  • 2 Tbsps psyllium husks or ground flax seeds
  • 1 cup parsley chopped
  • 1 carrot grated
  • 1 onion diced
  • 6 cloves garlic mashed
  • 4 Tbsps chickpea flour or any other type of flour
  • 1 tsp sweet paprika
  • ½ tsp ground cumin
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 Tbsps tahini
  • oil 3-4 Tbsps for frying

Instructions

  • Add boiled chickpeas in the food processor and blend well until they have a paste-like consistency.
  • Put them in a large bowl and blend in all the other ingredients, except oil.
  • Heat some oil in a non-stick frying pan.
  • Make the patties – 1 Tbsps per patty.
  • Fry them 2 minutes on each side.
  • Put the falafels on a plate covered with a paper towel, in order to absorb all excess oil.
  • Serve!

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Notes

P.S. I LOVE Lebanese cuisine. If you love it too, check out Ottolenghi: The Cookbook. His recipes are truly inspiring!