18 September 2013

Falafel


I've tried many recipes for falafel with precooked chick peas- none of them were good enough. Some of them were mushy, others wouldn't shape well... This-one I tried out of curiosity - it called for presoaked beans. It's perfect; just need to remember 24 hours in advance to soak your chick peas.

Ingredients:
2 cups dried chickpeas
1 medium onion, minced
5 garlic cloves, smashed
1 cup fresh coriander or parsley, chopped finely
1 tsp baking powder
2 tsp freshly ground coriander
2 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp red pepper flakes
1 tbsp ( kosher) salt
½ tsp black pepper, freshly ground
Vegetable oil for frying
 

Method:
Soak the chick peas for 24 hours.  Drain and place into food processor.Pulse the chickpeas until they finely chopped . Add all other ingredients; Process until the ingredients are incorporated and the mixture is a pale green ( should still be a  grainy texture). Take spoon fulls (ice cream scoop) of mixture, squeeze gently and roll between your palms. (If difficult to shape, place mixture in the fridge for 20-30 minutes)
Heat an electric fryer or a large saucepan with oil.  The oil should be about 3cm deep and  medium hot.Gently drop the falafels  (few at a time) into the hot oil and fry for about 3-5 minutes, until they're  golden brown.  Remove and place on a paper towel. Serve falafel with yogurt / sour cream / humus and flat bread.  



Probala sam mnoge recepte za falafel sa kuhanim slanutkom - niti jedan mi nije bio po volji. Neki su bili previse sipljivi, drugi se nisu dali formirati... Ovaj sam zapazila i bas me zanimalo kako bi uspjeli sa nekuhanim (samo namocemin) slanutkom. Ispali su jako dobri; samo se treba sjetiti 24 sata prije kuhanja da se slanutak natopi.

Potrebno:
2 solje suhog slanutka / leblebije
1 srednji crveni luk, sitno sjeckan
5 cena bijelog luka, protisnutog
1 solja svjezeg korijandera (ili persuna), sjeckanog sitno
1 k praska za pecivo
2 k korijandera u prahu
2 k kima u prahu
1/2 k 'ljuspica' suhe paprike / cilija
1 K soli
1/2 k  crnog bibera, svjeze mljevenog
Ulje za przenje
Nacin:
Namocite slanutak na 24 sata prije. Ocijedite i stavite u elektricnu sjeckalicu. 
Pulsirajte / meljite slanutak, dodajte i ostale sastojke i izblendirajte sve do zrnaste mase svjetlo zelene boje. Uzimajte smjesu napravom za vadjenbje sladoleda, blago stisnite i formirajte loptice. (Ako ih je tesko formirati stavite smjesu u frizider na 20-30 minuta).
Zagrijte ulje (treba da bude 3 cm i srednje vrelo) 
Pazljivo spustite nekoliko falafela u ulje i przite 3-5 minuta, ili dok ne postanu zlatno-zuti. Ocijedite na upijajucem papiru. Servirajte sa yogurtom / pavlakom/ humusom i nekim tankim (Turskim, Lebaneskim) hljebom. 

15 comments:

  1. Obozavam ih. Kupujem zamrznute pa ih przim. Hvala na receptu, vidi se na slici da su dobro ispali.

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  2. These falafel look authentic and delicious, Jasna.

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  3. The falafel have come out so perfect..round and firm...i dont have an icecream scoop..need to get one i guess!

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  4. Predivno izgleda! Falafel još nisam probala, prema tvom receptu i slikama čini se jako ukusno.

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  5. Absolutely adore the presentation!

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  6. Divno izgleda. Obozavam falafel, pa jos kad je dobro zacinjen :) Krasan ti je ovaj presjek.

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  7. Ovo zaista odlično izgleda. I ja sam imala par nezgoda sa receptima za falafel. Slažem se sa tvojim opažanjem. Tvoj recept beležim. Mnogo mi se dopadaju:) <3

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  8. Ni ja nisam još napravila falafel da sam potpuno zadovoljna. Upravo sam večeras pravila, ali sa kupljenom suhom smjesom, namočila sam je u vodu 24 sata ranije (od nekuhanog slanutka je). Ipak mi je najbolji u obližnjem restorančiću gdje prodaju kebab i felafel :) Probaću po ovom tvom receptu,

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  9. Ja radila sa skuhanim, nisu mi bile loše ali probati ću i sa sirovima

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  10. Una realización perfecta se ve muy rico y tentador,envíame varios,abrazos.

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  11. divni su, rado ću isprobati ovaj recept

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