Falafel made with canned chickpeas — just like the ones you taste in a Greek restaurant! This recipe makes about 12 patties. Serve with hummus or tzatziki sauce.
Ingredients
- ½ (15 ounce) cans chickpeas: 1 piece (drained)
- ½ onions: 1 piece (chopped)
- fresh parsley: 0.75 cup (chopped)
- garlic: 3 clove (chopped)
- eggs: 2 piece
- ground cumin: 1 Tbsp
- ½ teaspoons ground coriander: 1 piece
- ½ teaspoons salt: 1 piece
- ½ teaspoons lemon juice: 1 piece
- ½ teaspoons baking powder: 1 piece
- pinch ground black pepper: 1 piece (to taste)
- pinch cayenne pepper: 1 piece (to taste)
- ½ cups bread crumbs: 1 piece
- olive oil: 1 Tbsp (or as needed)
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Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Mash chickpeas in a bowl using a masher. Combine mashed chickpeas, onions, parsley, and garlic in a blender; blend until smooth. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Mix eggs, cumin, coriander, salt, lemon juice, baking powder, black pepper, and cayenne together in a bowl. Add chickpea mixture and mix together. Add bread crumbs slowly and combine using your hands until mixture will hold together when frying. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Form mixture into twelve 3-inch diameter patties. Fry patties in hot oil until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
