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Falafel fritters

Name: Falafel fritters recipe
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 × 400g tins chickpeas, drained then rinsed, or 220g (1 cup) dried chickpeas, soaked overnight, then cooked; 1 cup (20g) flat-leaf parsley, chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 2 tsps ground cumin; 1 tsp ground coriander; 1/2 red onion, chopped; 1/2 cup (75g) self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting; 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil; 4 Lebanese breads; 2 cups (400g) tabbouleh or finely chopped, then dressed lettuce with tomato; 100g plain or Greek yoghurt; Tomato sauce or sriracha sauce, to serve; Hummus, to serve

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These pan-fried falafel fritters make a nice alternative to their deep-fried counterparts, according to Gaby Chapman and Jen Petrovic. This recipe is an edited extract from Plan, Buy, Cook by Gaby Chapman and Jen Petrovic (published by Hardie Grant, $29.99).

2 × 400g tins chickpeas, drained then rinsed, or 220g (1 cup) dried chickpeas, soaked overnight, then cooked
1 cup (20g) flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 tsps ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1/2 red onion, chopped
1/2 cup (75g) self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
4 Lebanese breads
2 cups (400g) tabbouleh or finely chopped, then dressed lettuce with tomato
100g plain or Greek yoghurt
Tomato sauce or sriracha sauce, to serve
Hummus, to serve

Method

1.

Place a quarter of the chickpeas in a food processor with the parsley, garlic, cumin, coriander and onion and blend to a paste.
2.

Add the remaining chickpeas and pulse briefly to add texture. They should be quite coarse.
3.

Transfer the mixture to a bowl. Add the flour, then season with 1 tsp salt and black pepper. The mix should be quite rm.
4.

If you’re doubling up the recipe, freeze one meal’s worth of the mix at this point.
5.

Form the mixture into 10-12 patties and place on a baking tray sprinkled with flour.
6.

Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the patties until golden brown on both sides.
7.

If cooking in bulk, keep the cooked patties warm in the oven while you fry the rest.
8.

Cut each of the breads in half and fill with falafel fritters, tabbouleh, yoghurt, tomato sauce and hummus.