Super Quick Falafel!

Submitted by Um Safia

"Serve hot or cold for a tasty vegetarian snack. Great for picnics, packed lunches, kids meals etc. PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE BEST GRILLED/BROILED. Spray them with oil & under med/high heat."

 

• Ready In: 27mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 4 pitta pockets
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 800 g drained canned chick-peas
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 2 tablespoons fresh coriander, chopped (cilantro)
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 fresh green chile, deseeded and finely chopped
• oil (for frying)
• 1 cup Greek yogurt
• salad leaves
• 4 pita breads, to serve

directions

1. Mash the chickpeas or puree coarsely in a food processor. Mix with the cumin, coriander, garlic and chilli. Season and divide into 24 pieces of equal size. Shape each piece into a ball.
2. Heat a little oil in a frying pan and cook the balls for approximately 6 minutes each or until crisp and golden. This will probably have to be done in batches unless you have a huge pan!
3. Toast the pitta breads and slit the tops. Fill with the falafel and salad leaves, spoon a little yogurt on to the top too.

Reviews

[coco130]

It sounds good but I tried makig falafels once and they came apart when they went into the oil. I was looking for a recipe that you could bake so they hopefully wouldn't disentragrate! Does anyone know what I done wrong that made them fall apart? My son love falafels but I can't make them for him ....

 

[Dominick and Amanda]

The taste of this dish was awesome but we had a lot of trouble with the falafel falling apart when we cooked it. We ended up broiling them after a failed attempt at frying.

 

[ummrabiah]

We liked these falafels. I cooked them in a pan and used cooking spray instead of oil.

 

[AcadiaTwo]

For years I heard about falafel from one of my clients. They would have falafel day at the office and two people would be sent to pick up the order. The down side is the restaurant didn't even open until 2 PM which is a late lunch. Since I loved chick peas and hummus I was told I would love falafel too. So I began my hunt for falafel, but never found any. I never even thought of looking for a recipe on Zaar. Well when I was invited to play Ramadan tag, I was excited to finally find it! Super yummy! Made for Ramadan tag 2009.

 

[grapefruit]

This was pretty good felafel - super quick to make for sure. I made it last evening for Ramadhan Tag. As other reviewers had suggested, I used only a spray of oil instead of deep-frying. The Felafel was soft and didn't have the crispy exterior that felafel usually has - but it was pretty good with pita bread. I used yogurt as a dressing as Um Safia suggested, but next time I will use garlic sauce & hot sauce :D Thanks for the great recipe Um Safia.