Homemade Falafel Recipe
This homemade falafel is perfect for anyone looking for a delicious, no-fuss recipe. It's vegan and gluten-free. Plus, these falafel are baked not deep fried!
Ingredients
- 2 cups dry chickpeas
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp almond flour use quinoa flour if you have it!
- 3 tbsp chopped garlic I buy the jar of chopped garlic
- 1 Tbsp cumin
- ΒΌ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp Mrs Dash Salt lower sodium
- 2 Tbsp Vega Antioxidant oil blend
Instructions
- Place beans in a large bowl and cover with water. Leave overnight to soak and the beans will double in size {you want them to stay submerged in the water}
- Remove from water and rinse beans again
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
- Place all ingredients in food processor
- Pulse mixture to blend, but do not create a paste. It should still be coarse.
- Pour in to bowl and begin creating small balls that are approximately 2 TBSP {this part requires some patience as they do not want to stick together very well}
- Bake on parchment paper or spray a baking sheet
- Bake for 20-30 minutes, depending on the size of the balls you make.