Name: Classic Falafel (No Canned Beans) Recipe
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 12 h 15 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 cups dry chickpeas; ¾ cup yellow onion; ¼ cup Fresh Parsley; 2 tbsp garlic; 2 tbsp flour; 2 tsp kosher salt; 1 tbsp cumin; 2 tsp coriander; 1 tsp cardamom; ¼ tsp black pepper; ¼ tsp Cayenne pepper; Vegetable Oil

classic falafel (no canned beans) recipe

How To Make Classic Falafel (No Canned Beans)

This classic falafel recipe will teach you how to make this Middle Eastern favorite using dry chickpeas instead of the canned ones.

Preparation: 12 hours

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 12 hours 15 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2cupsdry chickpeas,garbanzo beans
¾cupyellow onion,chopped
¼cupfresh parsley,chopped
2tbspgarlic,minced
2tbspflour
2tspkosher salt
1tbspcumin
2tspcoriander,ground
1tspcardamom
¼tspblack pepper
¼tspCayenne pepper
vegetable oil,for frying

Instructions

Add the garbanzo beans into a large bowl and soak in water overnight (the water should be a couple inches higher than the beans, so the beans plump up).
Rinse the beans and add them to a food processor with chopped onion, minced garlic, parsley, flour, salt, cumin, ground coriander, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and cardamom.
Process the ingredients together until it looks like a coarse paste or like a super chunky peanut butter. The chickpeas should still be visible in small chunks.
Put the mixture into a bowl and refrigerate for a couple of hours.
Make the paste into small balls,.
If the falafel batter is too loose to stay in a ball, add a few more tablespoons of flour.
Make the falafel balls with 2 tablespoons of the mixture.
In a large cast iron (or other good frying skillet) add a couple of inches of oil.
Heat the oil on medium heat and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
Serve with pita, pickled turnips, hummus and tomatoes for a great falafel sandwich.