Falafel

Falafel

Falafel is a Lebanese deep fried balls or patties made from white chickpeas/ kabuli chana.
I tried it out and it really turned out very well , just go with the procedure step by step
The recipe which i am sharing i have added my Personal  touch to it by adding many Indian things.
As a healthier option i shallow fried the patty but you can even deep fried it.



Ingredients:

1 . Chickpeas - 1 cup cooked


2 . Onion        -  1 finely chopped

3 . Ginger garlic paste  - 3 tsp

4 . Coriender & Cumin powder  - 2 tsp

5 . Red chilli powder  - 1 tsp

6 . Black pepper powder  - 1/2 tsp

7 . Maida or Whole wheat flour  - 3 tbsp

8 . Lemon juice  - 1 tbsp

9 . Salt  - 1 tsp

10 . Oil  - as required for shallow fry

11 . Bread crumbs  - 1/2 cup

12 . Water   - If Needed.

Procedure :-


1 . Combine All the ingreindts in a bowl .






2 . Mash the Chickpeas and mix everything well.





3  . Form into small or medium sized balls or patties.
      apply bread crumbs (optional).





4 . Shallow fry it .





5 . Turn Over the other side  so that they are evenly fried .





6 . Remove Falafel on Kitchen tissues to remove excess oil .

7 . Serve Falafel  hot with pita bread or serve as snacks with some sauce/ketchup.

TIP  :-

Soak Chickpeas  - 8 to 9 hours  and then boil them in a pressure cooker with water and salt.





chickpeas should not be mashed very fine & pasty.





The whole mixture should resemble a course bread crumbs.




For binding agent add maida or what flour other wise the patties will break while frying.

As chickpeas are very dry in nature they don't have their binding agent so add maida or what flour and some water if needed.





As a healthier option i shallow fried the patty but you can even deep fried it.