Baked Falafel Balls

"You will love these little falafel balls that are soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside...without frying in oil! Serve in a pita with your favorite cucumber sauce."
 
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Ready In:
20hrs 50mins
Ingredients:
16
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Bring water to a boil and remove from the heat.
  • Mix in the bulgur.
  • Cover well and allow the wheat to sit until all the water is absorbed -- about 20 minutes.
  • Heat the olive oil in a small pan and saute the onion and garlic over medium heat until the onion is just transparent.
  • Add red chili flakes, cumin, and coriander and saute for 1 more minute.
  • Combine the chickpeas and bulgur in a food processor. Add the lemon juice, bread crumbs, cilantro, parsley and salt and process until just mixed, and has a pleasing texture.
  • Set mixture aside for 15 minutes.
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Form falafel mixture into 2 inch balls and place on a lightly oiled sheet pan.
  • Spray the balls with some olive oil.
  • Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until golden, turning the pan once during baking.
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Reviews

  1. These were yummy! Bit of a disaster trying to stuff the pitas, but the flavor of the falafels was soft and smooth. We had hummus, tzatizki (sp?), pickles, toms and cukes. I think next time I will put them in a wrap. I used step 4, but added 1/2 tbsp more oil and baked at 425 for 25- 28 mins. Thanks!!
     
  2. I followed the advice of previous reviewers and skipped step 4. I also doubled the spices as was suggested. These were ok, probably won't do again. The spices were a bit overpowering, plus the balls did not really taste like falafel, something was missing in the mix of spices.
     
  3. Thought these turned out very yummy. Also skipped step 4 and used whole wheat bread crumbs. Used baking paper in the oven. Loved the texture the bulgur gave the finished product!
     
  4. I also skip step 4 and double the spices and these are fantastic! They hold together well enough to make 'burger' patties from as well. Yum!
     
  5. I don't like leaving low ratings, but this just didn't turn out that great for me. I was really hopful about this one too! I followed the recipe exactly and agree these definately need some more spice! Right out of the oven they were more hard on the outside then "crispy". So I tried them again the next day and found them very dry and grainy. Maybe adding a splash of oil to the mix would help.
     
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Tweaks

  1. I really like this one! I'm making it pretty regularly, especially now that it's too hot to turn the oven on more than once a week. I normally double the recipe, and refrigerate the extra. (I four-fle the chickpeas, freeze the extra of those.) It's definitely a season-to-taste dish - as written is pretty bland by my taste. Also, I use 1/4 cup wheat germ instead of the bread crumbs.
     

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