Homemade Baked Falafel Bites
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Recipe type: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Mediterranean
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Serves: 6-12
 
Instead of frying up your falafels, just throw 'em on a pan and bake those babies!
Ingredients
  • ½ cup oat flour (I used rolled oats ground in my food processor)
  • 1 container of organic parsley leaves
  • ¾ cup lightly packed cilantro leaves
  • Dash of crushed red chili pepper
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon himalayan pink sea salt
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 can of organic garbanzo beans
  • 2 tbsp ground flaxseed + 5 tbsp water
  • The juice of ½ a small lemon
  • Coconut oil spray or olive oil
Instructions
  1. Begin with blending your oats in a food processor to create oat flour. Set aside into a large bowl.
  2. Next, blend the parsley through the garlic cloves into the food processor until well combined and no chunks are left.
  3. Thoroughly rinse and dry your chickpeas. Add into the food processor bowl and grind/mash until chickpeas are processed but not pureed! We don't want hummus here :)
  4. Toss this chickpea mixture in with the oat flour, mix until well combined and set aside while you make your flax eggs: combining the ingredients in a small dish and setting aside (I put mine in the fridge for 10 minutes).
  5. Cover the bowl containing the falafel mixture with plastic wrap and let sit for 10-20 minutes in the fridge.
  6. Preheat your oven to 375ยบ.
  7. Take the bowl out of the fridge and add in your lemon juice and flax egg, mix with your hands and then drop large tablespoon sized blobs onto parchment paper or a sprayed baking sheet.
  8. Cook for 15 minutes then rotate, cooking for another 15.
  9. Let cool and pair with hummus in a wrap or on top of your favorite salad!
Recipe by Chickpea in the City at https://chickpeascity.com/homemade-baked-falafel-bites/