Falafel is a crispy delicious fried patty that is full of protein. It is a Lebanese recipe that is served as a patty with pitta bread or wrap or eaten with hummus (tahini sauce) which is a creamy sauce.
Ingredients :-
For Falafel :-
1) Chickpeas- 2 cups soaked
2) Onion- 1
3) Garlic- 5-6 cloves
4) Green Chillies- 5-6
5) Ginger slice
6) Cumin seeds- 1 tsp
7) Black pepper- 1/2 tsp
8) Red chilli powder- 2 tsp
9) Coriander powder- 2 tsp
10) Salt- as required
11) Gram flour- 1/4 cup
12) Lemon juice
13) Baking powder- 1/2 tsp
14) Olive oil - 3 tsp
15) Oil - for frying
16) Coriander leaves - 1 cup
Ingredients: - For hummus: -
1) Chickpeas - 1 cup boiled
2) Sesame seeds - 1/4 cup
3) Garlic - 4-5 cloves
4) Ginger - a piece
5) Thick curd - 1/2 cup
6) Olive oil - 3 tsp
7) Salt - 1/2 tsp
Method: - First of all, soak 1 cup chickpeas in water overnight. We will give
The next day, drain the water and see that the chickpeas have become 3 cups after soaking. Out of this, put 2 cups of chickpeas in a grinder jar and add all the ingredients (onion, garlic, green chilli, ginger, chilli powder, salt, black pepper, coriander powder, cumin, coriander leaves)
Put it in the mixer and grind it without adding water. Add lemon juice, gram flour, sesame seeds and baking powder to this mixture and mix it.
Falafel batter is ready
Then keep this mixture in the fridge for 2 hours
Now heat oil in a pan and make small balls of that mixture
Fry oil on medium flame Deep fry it
And when it turns golden brown, take it out on kitchen paper
For hummus:-
Put 1 cup soaked chickpeas in a cooker and boil it. On the other hand, keep sesame seeds roasted in a pan.
They will be cooked in 2 minutes. Now drain all the water from the boiled chickpeas with the help of a sieve.
Now put these chickpeas in a grinder jar and add roasted sesame seeds, garlic, ginger, curd, salt and olive oil to it.
Prepare a fine smooth paste
Hummus is ready
To serve in restaurant style, first put hummus in the plate
Sprinkle red chili powder and olive oil on it Decorate it
and serve it with falafel balls
It can be served in any party
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