Baked Falafel Balls
photo by Sharon123
- Ready In:
- 20hrs 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup Bulgar wheat
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 red onion, finely minced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons cumin
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons coriander
- 1 1⁄2 cups cooked chickpeas
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1⁄4 cup dried breadcrumbs, plus
- 2 teaspoons dried breadcrumbs
- 1⁄4 cup cilantro, minced
- 1⁄4 cup parsley, minced
- salt
- olive oil flavored cooking spray
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.
- A.
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Reviews
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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!!
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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
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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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