Falafel

I have finally made this after my friend Charley from charlotteelizabethblog.com and my mum have been asking for a recipe for some time now.

This is really cheap to make and tastes great on its own or in a wrap with lots of salad and pickled vegetables.

This recipe will make approx 25 and requires a 24 hour soak of the chick peas.

Ingredients

2 Cups chick peas (raw) soaked in cold water for 24 hours
2 Cloves of garlic
Handful of fresh coriander
Handful of fresh parsley
2tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Pepper
1tsp Baking soda
2tsp Chilli flakes
2 tsp Cumin powder
1/2 Lemon (squeezed)
Oil for frying

 Method 

Rinse the soaked chick peas which would have doubled in size. Add to a food processor with all the other ingredients except the oil.

 Process the ingredients and use a spatula to help it along. I did this around 4-5 times to ensure the mixture is fully incorporated and to check if the mixture is able to form into balls without falling apart. Once you get to that stage it will look like the picture below, a fine mixture but not a paste.

Now you can form it into balls and slightly flatten, deep fry until golden brown.