Home made no mess oven baked Falafels
 
 
As a main dish, enjoy the warm falafels with chopped tomatoes, cucumber, radish, pickles, or green salad all drizzled with the tahini sauce. You can also enjoy them as a snack, dipped in the tahini sauce. You will need a food processor for this recipe.
Auteur / Author:
: Vegetarian
Cuisine: Lebanese
Portions: 30 balls
Ingrédients / Ingredients
  • 500 g soaked and well drained chickpeas*, (or from cans)
  • ½ onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic
  • ½ packed cup of fresh parsley
  • ½ packed cup of fresh coriander
  • zest of one lemon
  • 2 Tbsp of lemon juice
  • 2 or 3 Tbsp of chickpea flour (or any other kind)
  • ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp ground coriander
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp Aleppo pepper or Cayenne pepper
  • ¼ tsp ground cardamom (optional)
  • ¼ tsp ground turmeric (optional)
  • salt and pepper
  • ¼ C water (as needed)
Garnish:
  • ¼ C sesame seeds, (optional; heated 4 or 5 minutes in a dry skillet)
Tahini sauce:
  • ⅔ C tahini
  • ⅔ C water
  • ⅓ C freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • salt
Préparation / Preparation
  1. Preheat the oven to 450 F (230 C).
  2. Rince and pat dry the chickpeas. (all excess water should be removed, to avoid mushiness)
  3. Chop roughly parsley and cilantro.
  4. Put garlic and onion in food processor and pulse to have them just chopped.
  5. Add the rest of the ingredients (except the flour and water) and pulse until mixture is chopped like grounded meat. Make sure to not have a mushy or pasty mixture.
  6. Add flour and water as needed, continue to blitz until mixture holds by itself and patties can be made easily. At this stage, you can taste to adjust salt seasoning.
  7. Line a baking sheet with baking paper. With wet hands, press 1 Tbsp of the mixture in your hands and form the patties, or use a wet ice cream scoop. Sprinkle the balls evenly with sesame seeds.
  8. Bake the falafels for about 15 minutes or until golden.
Tahini sauce:
  1. In a medium mixing bowl, pour the tahini and add water, lemon juice and garlic.
  2. Stir until you get a sauce that has the consistency of clear honey. To make it runnier, add extra drops of water.
  3. Can be stored in the fridge in a tight jar.
Remarques / Notes
*Soaking chickpeas: Rince dry chickpeas in fresh water. Soak them in a big bowl with fresh water and a squeeze of lemon juice or vinegar up to 24 hours. Get rid of soaking water, rinse and drain well.
NB. For this recipe, 500 g of chickpeas are weighed after soaking.
Information nutritionnelle / Nutritional information
: 1 ball - 17 g : 57 kcal Lipides / gras: 3 g Glucides / Carbs: 5.4 g Fibres / Fibers: 1.6 Protéines / Protein: 2.3 g
Recipe by Nutrimonde at https://nutrimonde.ca/en/home-made-no-mess-oven-baked-falafels/