Quick falafel, with canned chickpeas

If you fancy some falafel (fried chickpea balls) but you don't want to wait a whole day for the chickpeas to be bumped into water, Use this quick and even cheaper recipe since we will make them with canned chickpeas. And if you have leftover stew, much better.

Quick falafel, with canned chickpeas

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If you're craving some falafel (fried chickpea balls) but you don't want to wait a whole day for the chickpeas to soak in water, turn to this easy recipe.

• Ángela

• Kitchen: cuisine
• Recipe type: soups

• Total time:

Ingredients

• 250 grams of canned chickpeas
• 100 gr. chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• spices (lemon juice, ground cumin, fresh coriander, pepper ...)
• chickpea flour (optional)

Preparation

1. We crush the chickpeas in a food processor, preferably.

2. Also chop the onion and garlic and add it to the chickpea paste. If we verify that the texture is not pasty and manageable enough, we add a little chickpea flour.

3. Season the falafel and mix the dough.

4. We make medallions with the dough, smear them in chickpea flour or breadcrumbs and fry them in abundant hot oil.

Another option: Light version that consists of cooking the falafel in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 8-10 minutes on each side until golden brown.

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