Easy Vegan Falafel Recipe
Falafel are naturally vegan and gluten-free and full of flavorful herbs. This is in fact the secret of a tasty and incredibly delicious falafel. They can be prepared either by deep-frying them in abundant oil or roasted in the oven for a healthier version of them. In this recipe, I will share with you how to prepare vegan falafel either baked in the oven or deep-fried.
Ingredients
- 2 cup chickpeas (Soaked overnight and drained)
- 1 medium onion
- 1 chili green pepper
- 1 big handful of fresh parsley (Around 1 cup)
- 3 garlic gloves
- 1 1/2 tbsp chickpeas flour
- 1 tspn ground cumin
- 1 tspn baking soda
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Vegetable oil for frying
Tahini sauce
- 2 tbsp Tahini
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Instructions
Preparing the dough
- Soak the chickpeas in cold water for at least 8 hours or overnight.
- Drain the pre-soaked chickpeas and dry them. Put it in a food processor, then add chopped onions, parsley, garlic, green pepper.Mix all the ingredients until you get a mixture to the size of sesame seeds.
- Put the mixture in a large mixing bowl. Add chickpeas flour, spices, and baking soda.
- Mix all the ingredients until everything is perfectly combined. Then cover it with a plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for one hour.
Cooking
- When the dough has rest enough, start forming the falafel by cutting the dough into small balls. You can also have falafel as discs by gently spreading the balls into thick discs
- Fry them in hot vegetable oil until brown, then put them on cooking paper to remove any extra oil.
- Serve hot as an appetizer or let them cool and serve in a salad.
Sauce
- There are a lot of sauces you can serve with falafel. I have used Tahini sauce.To prepare this sauce, mix the tahini with water until the mixture becomes sticky. Then add the lemon juice while continuing to stir.