Best Easy Falafel Recipes

EASY BAKED FALAFEL WITH CUCUMBER-YOGURT SAUCE

Steps:

• Coat a 9x13-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray and 1 tablespoon olive oil and place inside the oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). C
• Combine chickpeas, onion, cilantro, parsley, garlic, lemon zest, cumin, salt, red pepper flakes, and baking powder in a food processor. Pulse until minced but not yet pasty. Transfer to a bowl and stir in flour and egg until fully incorporated.
• Remove baking pan from the oven. Drop golfball-sized portions of chickpea mixture onto the hot pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven 15 to 20 minutes. Brush falafel with remaining olive oil and flip over. Continue baking until golden on both sides, 15 to 20 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, combine yogurt, cucumber, lemon juice, and garlic in a bowl. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• Serve falafel with yogurt sauce.

EASY FALAFEL BURGERS

Steps:

• Drain, rinse and dry the chickpeas thoroughly, then tip into the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until lightly broken up into coarse crumbs.
• Add the onion, garlic, spices, parsley, flour and some seasoning, and continue to pulse until combined. Using your hands, gently form the mixture into 4 patties about 10cm in diameter and 2cm thick.
• In a large pan, heat the oil and fry the falafels on each side for 2-3 mins or until golden (you may need to do this in batches). Lightly griddle the burger buns on the cut side in a griddle pan, or toast under the grill.
• Spread one side of each bun with hummus, top with a falafel burger, add a handful of watercress, then pop the remaining bun half on top.

EASY, HEALTHY FALAFEL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Combine chickpeas, onion, parsley, oil, garlic, coriander, cumin, salt, and pepper in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until everything is mixed together. Add flour and baking powder and pulse, until mixture starts to stick together and forms a ball, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Use 2 dessert spoons to remove even amounts of the mixture and shape into 15 small patties. Place patties on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes, turning falafel over carefully after 10 minutes.

SUPER EASY BAKED FALAFEL (CHICK PEA PATTIES)

Steps:

• 1. Start this recipe the day before with dried chickpeas. If you have trouble finding them in usual grocery store, seek one that has an extensive hispanic food section, buy loose in a health food store, or order online.
• 2. Rinse the beans and discard any sticks, stones or discolored beans. Cover with water about two inches deeper than the beans and let soak 16 to 18 hours or until doubled in volume.
• 3. Drain the beans and pulse in the food processor until an evenly chunky consistency. Do not make a paste or the resulting falafel will be dense and unpleasant. Do this is several batches to avoid overloading the processor. Move all but about one cup of the processed beans to a large bowl. Leave the remaining beans in the food processor.
• 4. Wash, remove the stems, and roughly chop a bunch of cilantro. Add it to the food processor.
• 5. Add the juice of a lemon to the food processor. If you wish a strong lemon flavor, add some of the lemon's zest, freshly grated.
• 6. Pulse the cilantro, lemon juice, and the remaining 1 cup of beans until finely minced.
• 7. Peel and shred or grate the sweet potato, using the shredding blade on the processor if you have one. Alternatively, use cooked sweet potato. Hint: the easiest way to cook a sweet potato is to wrap it, still in its skin, in foil and bake in a medium oven until a fork easily pierces the foil and potato. The sweet potato may then be scooped out of its skin with a spoon. Do this when you have the oven on for other reasons. The time it takes will vary with size of the potato and oven temperature but allow about an hour. Put a second layer of foil under under the potato to catch any drips of sugary liquid that will stick and burn. The potato will keep, still wrapped in its foil, in the refrigerator for several days before use.
• 8. Add the spices and seeds and mix thoroughly. You hand is probably the easiest tool to use.
• 9. Shape the mixture into patties. Shown are 1/8th cup patties. The recipe makes 55 to 60 patties this size. While you are shaping the patties, preheat the oven to 400F and preheat a cast iron griddle or metal baking sheet.
• 10. If necessary, lightly oil the griddle to prevent sticking. Distribute the patties evenly on the griddle allowing about 1/2 and inch between each. Bake 10 minute on one side, turn over, and bake another 10 minutes.
• 11. Move the cooked falafel to a rack to cool. Freeze to store, dividing layers of felafel with waxed paper to avoid sticking.
• 12. For a quick breakfast, microwave frozen felafel until hot, about 1 minute on high for 4 patties. Eat plain or top with Greek yogurt or other toppings. More traditionally, falafel are served in pita bread with lettuce, tomato, tahini as a delicious sandwich.

QUICK AND EASY FALAFEL SALAD

Steps:

• Prepare the falafel mix according to package directions. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Shape the prepared falafel mix into 1/2-inch rounds. Place in the skillet in batches, and fry until evenly browned. Drain on paper towels.
• In a large bowl, mix the falafel, cucumber, tomatoes, onion, green bell pepper, celery, and carrots. In a separate bowl, mix the Ranch dressing, garlic powder, and cumin. Toss with the salad to coat. Serve over lettuce.

EASY FALAFEL PITA SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Place the drained chickpeas, the onion and the garlic in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse several times to combine. Next, add the parsley (or cilantro), seasoning, and spices. Process again until everything is blended, but not pureed. Sprinkle in three TBSP. of flour and the baking powder and pulse to combine. Check the mixture. You want to be able to form a small ball with the mixture, that does not stick to your hands. If necessary, add a little more flour.
• Empty the mixture into a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for at least one hour (or even overnight if you are not ready to cook them).
• Remove the bowl from the refrigerator. Fill a medium skillet (10" - 12") with about ½" olive oil. Form the chickpea mixture into small patties about ½" thick each and set on a plate (I prefer forming patties instead of balls because they cook faster this way).
• Set the skillet over medium to medium-high heat and, when it gets hot, carefully slide the patties into the oil. Shallow fry them in batches, for about 3 minutes on each side or until golden brown (the time depends on their size). If they cook too quickly, lower the heat.
• Place on a plate lined with paper towels to drain.

MAGPIE'S EASY FALAFEL CAKES

Steps:

• Cook the onions in 1 1/2 teaspoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat until soft and translucent.
• Pulse the garbanzo beans, imitation sour cream, cornmeal, garlic, cumin, coriander, salt, and hot sauce in a food processor until smooth. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the onions; cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Place 1/4 cup cornmeal in a shallow dish. Form the garbanzo bean dough into 6 patties, 1/2-inch thick; roll the cakes in cornmeal.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the falafel cakes until browned on both sides, about 5 minutes per side.

EASY BAKED FALAFEL WITH CUCUMBER-YOGURT SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Coat a 9x13-inch metal baking pan with cooking spray and 1 tablespoon olive oil and place inside the oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). C Combine chickpeas, onion, cilantro, parsley, garlic, lemon zest, cumin, salt, red pepper flakes, and baking powder in a food processor. Pulse until minced but not yet pasty. Transfer to a bowl and stir in flour and egg until fully incorporated. Remove baking pan from the oven. Drop golfball-sized portions of chickpea mixture onto the hot pan. Bake in the preheated oven 15 to 20 minutes. Brush falafel with remaining olive oil and flip over. Continue baking until golden on both sides, 15 to 20 minutes more. Meanwhile, combine yogurt, cucumber, lemon juice, and garlic in a bowl. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Serve falafel with yogurt sauce.

EASY FALAFEL

Steps:

• Combine chickpeas, garlic, onion, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper (to taste) in medium bowl. Add flour and combine well.
• Mash chickpeas, ensuring to mix ingredients together. You can also combine ingredients in a food processor. You want the result to be a thick paste.
• Form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a ping pong ball. Slightly flatten.
• Fry in 2 inches of oil at 350 degrees until golden brown (2-5 minutes).

EASY FALAFEL

Steps:

• Place chickpeas in a bowl and cover about 2-inches with cold water; let it soak for 24 hours. Next day, drain very well and transfer to a bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade.
• Add onions, garlic, parsley, cilantro, mint, cumin, baking powder, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, flour and lemon juice; process until finely ground but not puréed, stopping a few times to clean up the sides of the bowl. Cover with plastic wrap making sure it touches the surface and transfer to the refrigerator for 3 hours.
• In a large skillet pour in oil and bring the temperature to 350ºF. Using a falafel scoop or a sorbet scoop, form balls the size of walnut or gold ball. Otherwise moist hands if not using scoops.
• Transfer balls (don't over crowd it) in the skillet and fry for about 5 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer them on a plate lined with paper towel before serving.
• TAHINI SAUCE.
• • ¾ cup tahini paste.
• • ¾ cup 2% plain yogurt.
• • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• • ¼ teaspoons garlic powder.
• • 1 pinch ground Himalayan sea salt.
• In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients; whisk until well blended. Cover and transfer to the refrigerator for 3 hours.