Air Fryer Falafel
Falafel is a healthy high protein appetizer made with chickpeas and served with tahini or green cilantro dip. Make them oil-free in the air fryer.
Servings: 20 falafel
Equipment
Ingredients
- 400 gm garbanzo beans/ chickpeas
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves finely minced
- 2 gren chillies (optional)
- ½ - ¾ cup coriander leaves finely chopped
- salt to taste
- 1½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ - 1 tsp red chilli powder or cayenne pepper (as per taste)
- ½ tsp all spices or curry powder
- 2 tsp olive oil or cooking spray
Instructions
- Soak the chickpeas for 8 hours or over night.
- Then drain out the water and keep chickpeas aside for some times.
- Put chickpeas and all other ingredients mentioned in ingredient list above (except oil) in a food processor.
- Process everything for 20 seconds. Then scrape doen the sides and blend again.
- Blend it to coarse paste till all ingredients and mixed nicely but not wet and mushy consistency.
- Transfer the mixture to a bowl and cover it with a cling wrap.
- Keep the mixture in refrigerator for 30 - 40 minutes.
- Then, take out the mixture from refrigerator.
- Divide the mixture into equal portions (lemon sized balls)
- Grease palms and make the portions into small balls.
- Press them lightly making discs. For equal shape and size, take help of a cookie cutter.
Air Fryer Falafel
- Preheat the air fryer at 400 F for 4 minutes.
- Grease the air fryer basket with help of a brush or oil sprayer.
- Place the falafel in the air fryer basket in a single layer.
- Don't overlap them with each other.
- Now spray some oil on the falafel.
- Start the air fryer at 375 F or 190 c for 12 - 15 minutes.
- Pause and flip the falafel carefully with help of a tong or spoon at around 7 minutes.
- Keep a check on the falafel and decide the crispiness and timing according to the air fryer.
- Remove once done and serve with tahini and zhoug or any dip of choice.
Air Fryer Frozen Falafel
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 F for 4 minutes.
- Then pour the packet of falafel into the basket.
- And cook for 10 - 12 minutes depending on the doneness you want.
- Shake once in the halfway at 4 minutes.
Video
Notes
If your mixture doesn't bind properly then add little chickpea flour to it.
Don't boil the chickpeas before. Only soaked chickpeas.
- Don't use canned beans for falafel ever.
-To give it a veggies twist, add vegetables to the mixture and blend together. The rest process would be the same. Squeeze out water as much as possible before blending them with chickpeas.
-Each air fryer cooks differently depending on its size. Keep a check on the fritters. If you need it more crispy, increase the timer by 2 - 3 minutes more up to 15 minutes.
-The time above doesn't have soaking time which is up to 8 - 10 hrs.
-For air frying, disc shape falafel works the best. However, can also make the balls.
-Oven-Baked Falafel:
- Preheat the oven at 375 F. Line the baking tray with parchment paper. Now place the falafel on the tray. Bake at 375 F for 30 minutes. Flip them carefully in the midways for even cooking.