falafel for charishma

Submitted by polly salama

"this is a wonderful recipe,very flavorful and pretty easy to make. charishma asked for his recipe because it doesn't have eggs."

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 354.88 ml dried chickpeas (can use canned to save time)
• 473.18 ml chopped parsley
• 4.92 ml ground cumin
• 4.92 ml ground allspice
• 1.23 ml salt
• 1.23 ml pepper
• 0.61 ml ground red pepper
• 5 clove peeled garlic
• 1 onion
• 1 leek, trimmed and cut into three pieces
• 88.74 ml olive oil

directions

1. soak chickpeas in water-cover with water two inches above the beans.
2. cover and let stand for 8 hours.
3. drain.
4. combine chickpeas,cilantro and next 8 ingredients in a food processor, process until mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. divide chickpea mixture into 16 equal portions, shaping each into a 1/2 inch thick patty.
6. heat two tablespoons oil in a large non-stick skillet.
7. add 5 patties cook 3 minutes on each side or until golden.
8. repeat process twice with remaining oil and patties.
9. serve with tahini sauce.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

First of all, a big THANK U to you for helping me out in time of real need. This is a very nice recipe for falafels and eggless too, which is another plus point of this recipe(vegetarians also get to enjoy it). I would suggest 3 things: 1.to replace the cilantro with parsley, 2. To add more salt depending on your taste(as 1/4 tsp. was too little) and 3. to grind the chickpeas first and then the other ingredients.

 

[najwa]

Excellent recipe!! They tasted really good, but I felt the texture was too soft .. I made a sandwich with naan, tahini, tomatoes and lettuce .. My husband loved them! Thanks!!

 

[D Rusak]

I am not giving this stars, but this did not hold together for me at all. The flavor was excellent, however. Maybe I didn't grind it enough but it really seemed like it was at the texture as described in the instructions. After all the falafels broke apart in the pan, I decided to make falafel pie- put the rest of the mixture in and popped it in the oven.