Air Fryer Falafel Recipe
Air Fryer Falafel Recipe is my favourite healthy meal that I recently tried using an air fryer. Perfectly crispy and fluffy falafel was delicious and my kids loved them. With so less oil and no frying required, this recipe was done within 20 minutes and less mess to clean up as it can be processed in a single jar.
Equipment
- Food processor
Ingredients
- 2 cups Chickpeas
- 1/2 Onion
- 1 clove Garlic
- 1 inch Ginger
- 2 Green Chillies
- 1 tbsp Cumin
- 1 bunch Cilantro
- 1 bunch Mint/ Parsley/ Dill
- 2 tbsp Chickpea flour
- 1 pinch Baking soda
- 1 tbsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Olive oil
Instructions
- Wash and soak Chickpeas in warm water overnight or for up to 8 hours.
- Pat dry and add soaked chickpeas, onion, garlic, cumin, ginger, chillies, cilantro, parsley/ dill/ mint into a food processor and pulse until they are mixed well and become a dough consistency.
- Add the ground mixture to a bowl. Add in a spoon of chickpea flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.
- Using a spoon or an ice cream scoop form an equal sized falafel ball.
- Brush a tbsp of oil on them before baking or airfrying
- If you are using air fryer, air fry them for upto 20 mins at 400 degrees. Until you see them turning brown.
- If you are baking, bake them at 400 degrees for up to 20 minutes.
- If you want to deep fry them, you can do so by dropping them in hot oil until they are brown and crispy.
- Enjoy the crispy air fryer Falafel recipe with hummus or cream cheese.
Notes
- Do not use water while grinding the mixture. It becomes too watery and difficult to make Falafel balls.
- If the mixture becomes too thin, add extra chickpea flour to bind well.
- Using dill gives you the authentic Falafel recipe flavour.
- You can choose to add flour and salt while pulsing so it is less messy to clean up after.
- Enjoy Falafel in a wrap or burger or with some cream cheese and hummus dip.
- You can refrigerate the falafel mixture for up to 4 days.