Homemade Falafel Recipe (video)
Not gonna lie, I was pretty surprised to find out how easy it is to make really excellent falafel at home. You definitely need a food processor or food mill, but the deep fryer is not required, you can fry these in oil in a dutch oven, as well. Hubby adapted this recipe from a few different ones he looked at, and then scaled it down. Most of the ones we found were for restaurant quantities (starting with 2lbs of dried chickpeas instead of one cup!) so we brought it down to home kitchen quantities.
You definitely want to start with dried chickpeas soaked overnight, and not canned. The texture of the canned ones will be a bit stodgy in your final product, so go the extra mile and soak those dried peas overnight. Also, change the water out a couple of times while they're soaking. You can also add a 1/2 tsp of baking soda to the water which will help soften the hulls and discourage microbial growth while they're softening.
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