THE BEST FALAFEL RECIPE | crispy fried and baked falafel (vegan)
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- Опубликовано: 18 июл 2019
- Are you ready for the best falafel you've ever tasted (whether fried or baked)? Falafel are delicious balls of chickpea and herb goodness that you find in Middle Eastern cooking.
I've had my fair share of falafel on travels through Egypt, Israel and Jordan. I've had them in restaurants and on street corners (the best authentic street food). I've had them stuffed in gluten-free pita and on salads. And I've had them with slight variations and tweaks, though the recipe itself is fairly simple.
But here's how you make the best falafel recipe - add tons of herbs (double the normal amount) and a small amount of green pepper. This makes for an addictive flavor that's "a little something extra" but not spicy. Just insanely delicious.
Falafel are naturally vegan and vegetarian. You can then deep fry the falafel, pan fry or make baked falafel. It's up to you! Just don't forget to drizzle with my tahini sauce. ;) Enjoy!
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Hi friends! I'm excited to finally share this video (I've been working on this recipe for quite a while!). These falafel are delicious and have SO much flavor. But I'd love to hear...which method is your favorite to cook them? It's always a toss up for me. :) Hope you're enjoying your summer! xo - Lisa
I never had falafels before drooling over my samsung galaxy j4 love your recipes making ne hungry Thanks Ramya
Falafel kabob with your tahini sauce... love
@@perakeeosalt Yes!! A great combo!
What do you do all the oil when your done?
Falafels are on my top 5 food list! LOVE them...obsessed! Thank you!
How rich do you wanna be?
Me: rich enough to deep fry stuff in avocado oil
I can't even begin to imagine deep frying with avocado oil or using my oven to bake 3 falafel
instead of chickpeas you can use dirt and instead of fresh herbs you can use grass.
I find it drastically cuts down on costs
That's what downshifting is all about..., I guess.
Nah these are “minecraft falafels”
Hahahahaha
Here in Egypt, Falafel is the king on our breakfast table, I usually homemake it whether with "crushed beans" or "chickpeas", and personally prefer to eat it with Harissa, tahini or tomatoes salad garnished with garlic and parsley .
But recently I developed a healthy recipe of Falafel, and I baked them in the over on a silicone mat without using oil.
Try to sprinkle some sesame seeds on top of your Falafel before putting it in the oven, the aftertaste of the roasted sesame seed will make the dish sheer heaven.
That sounds wonderful with the roasted sesame seeds. I'll definitely try that next time. Thanks for sharing your tips! :)
@@Downshiftology
Really appreciate your words.
You can also make Falafel cake, by adding eggs, Baking Soda, Baking powder to the batter of Falafel, then spread a layer of Falafel batter in an oven tray, after that put some chopped veggies; aka green, yellow, red pepper, onions, parsley, dill and spread some Feta.
And finally another layer of Falafel batter on top of them and of course garnish it with sesame seeds, bake it in a hot oven and serve it with Tahini and garlicky tomatoes.
@@mariamkamal That sounds sooooooooooo good!!!! ❤️
In the very beginning, I could not catch the proper proportion of the paste, so the pieces were falling apart. I baked them in silicon form for cookies))) funny shapes))) and yes, sesame on top is a must!
@@FrugalOverFifty Give it a go, it's scrumptious and healthy ❤
Tip for those who do not have chickpea flour; roast the dry chickpeas in the pan for a while, then cool it down and blend into powder. Then sift it through a sieve.
Use very little amount of flour.Thats what you need.
How powerfull does my blender has to be?
Lucky i don't wanna buy chickpea flour since the video only needs a little bit and i have a vitamix so thx for this tip 😀
I just put chickpeas in my coffee grinder as it's only a small amount needed.
xx yy you can even use oat flour.
I have relied on this video to make falafel twice in recent weeks and the results have been excellent. Thank you for all the hard work that went into its creation.
Very good..I personally use my air frier it takes 20 min on medium heat to cook .It is fluffy and much healthier.
Awesome! I don't have an air fryer yet. Thanks for sharing the cook time!
@@Downshiftology Thanks to you for all recipies.Hope you can do a healthy mayo please🙏🙏
Huda Ghassan I love my airfryer! Best thing everrrr
@@TheegLife What air fryer do you have?
Honestly frying it in a bit of Advacado oil isn't going to bring any real damage. The oil is designed to handle high heats without breaking down.
But she doesn't need to deep fry it, a simple skillet works just as well.
And air fryer tend to remove the moisture of the center.
I'm palestinian🇵🇸 my mom used to make this kind of tomato tahini sauce( chopped tomatoes,tahini, lemon juice, salt & maybe black pepper, few tablespoons of water) it goes really well with falafels so delicious and it makes swallowing falafels so much easier👌🏼😁💦
Awesome! Thanks for sharing. I always love to make variations on tahini sauce, so I'll have to try that one next. :)
الله محيي الفلافل واهلها..
😍😘💚💜🌸🙏
كمان شووي راح تسوي مناقيش زعتر 😁
Thanks going to try that sounds good as a relish
No one else can make any food as good as Mum :D
How about garlic??
I love how fresh & green heavy these are. I live in a tight budget so I use the low oil baked method and they are scrumptious
This is the BEST falafel recipe. Thank you so much for taking the time to refine it. It's perfect. I did not have a hot pepper, but it was great without it. You are right that it is best eaten warm. I tried baking it and storing it in the fridge and it got too dry. Pan frying in a little avocado oil and eating it immediately was perfect. The batter stayed fresh for five days in the fridge, so that I could always make it when I ready to cook and eat immediately. I also found a chickpea flour tortilla made by SIETE that is perfect with this. The tortilla stays flexible after heating, and is gluten free. I ate the falafel in the chickpea tortilla with shredded carrots, lettuce, and mung bean sprouts. It was soooo good that I didn't even use a sauce. Thank you for doing the time consuming work to create this.
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Just letting everyone know that herb stems are packed with flavour! ❤️ chuck those in too
Thanks for the quick tip! :)
Cilantro stims are yummy
I save herb stems in freezer to use in stock :)
And the stems are also packed with more nutrition than the leaf!
Yeah, unless there like woody, just use the whole thing
This is SO well researched and thought out. Thank you so much for all of the time and energy put into this! I can’t wait to try it!!
Thank you Racquel! I hope you enjoy my recipe. :)
I just made these and it's a great recipe! The spices and herbs are perfectly balanced. I used canned chickpeas that I left out to dry overnight on a tea towel, and it worked like a charm :)
Wonderful! I'm so happy you loved the recipe. And thanks for sharing the tip on the canned chickpeas as well!
I made it two times since you’ve uploaded the recipe .. it is absolutely delicious 😋Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
I made it not only once, but five time for my family in two weeks, they absolutely loved it and it turns out perfect every time! Thank you for your friendly detail recipe and video!
Wow, that's amazing! So glad you and your family have enjoyed this recipe so much 😊
I made this recipe twice a year and it’s still by far the BEST of all. And I loved just watch this recipe even when I’m not in the kitchen.
I'm from Ukraine....university in Thunder bay Ontario...now in winnipeg Canada 🇨🇦...I truly enjoy Asian food and African dishes 😋...the chef here is awesome....he understands flavourful profiles...I recently experienced Hummus...with a lentil salad and a freshly made bread bowl soup...very filling and creative....being a Canadian....I'm from Thunder Bay Ontario Canada 🇨🇦....I was never into coffee or canned food..recently I was introduced to my first cup of coffee ☕......I enjoyed it....even more so with a hint of mint and a slightly bitter taste
I am from East Africa, we make our falafel from black eyed peas and you eat them with a side of green chilli. Although, we eat them all around the year, but it’s especially eaten during Ramadan!! It’s one of my favourite food!!
Quick question, is the black eyed peas mbaazi?
Do you use the same method - and what green sauce do you use? Love blackeye peas.
Oh my! My mouth is watering! These look so good! Falafels are upon my FAVORITES!!
Can't wait to try this! I made your Tahini Sauce earlier this week and it is amazing! Just love all these middle eastern flavors. Thank you for the video Lisa!
Oh yay! Glad you enjoyed the tahini sauce. And now you'll be able to make the falafel and drizzle it on them as well. :)
Looking forward for more meal prep videos, I genuinely find your meal prep detailed and we'll explained. I'll be really glad if you come up with meal preps
I'll have a new meal prep for fall! :)
Hi Lisa!! I LOVE your videos and recipes so much.. I literally can’t get enough of them. After having breast cancer, I am bound and determined to rid my body of pain inflammation. Your recipes are helping me do so! I would love a video on turmeric recipes. I’m sure you have some yummy ones up your sleeve :) thank you!
I a mother of three and I actually tried to make falafel like million times! And now I did it! Thank you so much! :)
I just had falafel a few days ago and wasn't too happy with their version but very excited to try yours! Mediterannian is yummy.
I made the falafels for dinner tonight! I fried them on the stove, they turned out perfectly. They were delicious, I couldn't tell the Serrano pepper was even in there, I might use a bigger one next time. I had them with the hummus also your recipe, and homemade pita's. It was a middle eastern feast, absolutely delicious, I will be making it again, and again!
I made this recipe yesterday. My family is from Israel and it’s hard to find a place that makes a good falafel. This recipe really nailed it, worth your time, give it a shot!
Stop stealing arab food and calling it israeli
I want to share my experience. I was able to make these falafels few times and must tell you that they came out perfect at the first time. so delicious and my family enjoyed every bit of it. Best recipe so far. Thank you
I’ve been waiting for this!! Can’t wait to try these.
Yay! I hope you enjoy them Elizabeth. Let me know how they turn out. :)
I am from Middle east and I think your recipe and your all methods is so great and so easy to make , thank you so much .
Thanks you! I'm happy you love my recipes. :)
I tried, when first I tried to fry it in oil, they all separated, spoiled the oil, I forgot to add chickpea flour, corrected one and they turned out amazing 😍
wow , yes absolutely the best recipe ever !!! and also very addictive as you said OMG , Perfect !!! so happy i found your channel :) thank you for all these healthy and easy recipes
The best Falafel recipe ever. I have tried it three times already. Always good. My wife and kids love it.
I love falafel, and good on you for putting a serrano pepper in there. Chilies belong in nearly everything. I have never tried cooking in avocado oil, so I shall have to give this a go. Thanks for the great recipe!
I tried the recipe.
It turned into mush easily and I added gram flour to make it better but it was still mush. More salt for taste.
Couldn't pan fry it but they turned out fine by deep drying.
Family likes it. :)
Next time I will pat dry the chickpeas and coriander to take out moisture.
Bro rated: 6/10
Mom: 8/10
Dad: 8/10.
A J please watch a Lebanese cook make it. The ingredients she is using are not for a traditional falafel.
I have just made them and (as all of your recipies) turned out fantastic!! Thank you :)
Using avocado oil for frying might be the most decadent thing that i have ever seen :'D
What oil should you use?
Right? It’s so expensive, I died a little inside when she used so much. 😂
J T, use any high-heat oil you want. Avacado oil is fine but it's very expensive to be used for deep frying. Personally I just use whatever vegetable oil is on sale for the cheapest, usually soybean oil.
In israel we dont use avokado oil its very expensive!! Interpretation of California rich people .
Since Falafel is a popular dish that has always been cheaper
Sunflower oil, soybean, canola.
enough!
Avocado with a very dominant flavor
Not only very expensive.
@@jt8534 soya, canola, sunflawer
If you use baking soda you have to use some acid to get the reaction going. I think, you forgot the lemon that is used in eastern cuisin.
good recipe , but i would recommend adding coriander seeds , coriander is the most important spice that gives falafel good taste , also don't forget to add also sesame seeds , good video
This is such a great recipe. Thanks for taking the time to perfect it and then sharing. Have made it twice now and perfect each time. Thanks all the way from New Zealand!
Bon appetite..the recipe is very tasty and you are very good at preparing it. P.S, the recipe is from Palestine, not Israel.
Greetings to you from loving Palestine❤
These look exactly like the ones I buy at my fav restaurant and they're the best thing I've ever tasted
Your repeated trials with this recipe paid off... I followed your excellent instructions and made them today- golden on the outside, vibrant green inside, and thoroughly delicious! Served them with with homemade vegan tzatziki in a pita. This will be my go-to falafel recipe. Thank you so much for all of the work you put into the perfecting, cooking , filming and producing of this recipe video. Sharing with friends! 💕
Wonderful! Glad to hear this recipe was a success for you 😊 And it's seriously the best with homemade tzatziki sauce.
the fresh mint and coriander is a must in falafel
Seriously the BEST Falafel recipe!! Thanks Lisa!!❤️
I haven't really had many Falafels, but those look delicious. Time to expand my horizon and try these.
Definitely! I'd never really eaten them until I traveled more in the Middle East. Now I'm obsessed with falafel. :)
I just tried this recipe and it was amazing!! I’m so glad! I’ve been trying to learn more about cooking and improve my skills the past few years. Really happy with how they came out and as a vegetarian I will definitley be making this recipe again!
I love how clean everything looks 🥰 and of course I'll try your delicious recipe 😋
I've tried for 19 years to make good falafel and failed every time. I figured I'd give this recipe a try, one last ditch effort. It actually worked! What a success. They were perfectly delicious! Thank you!
Hi Jennifer - glad you loved the recipe!
Oh my goodness! They look amazing! I’m travelling at the moment (Vancouver Island) but I’m definitely making these once I’m home!!!! Thank you 😊 xxx
Hope you enjoy them Lucie. And safe travels! x
I am running to the supermarket to get the ingredients!! Lisa, you are the best ❤️❤️🥰
Yay! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Thank you. I can't wait to make these. They look amazing!
I love these!!! I can't wait to try it 😍😍 thank you so much!!
You're more than welcome Elin! I hope you enjoy the recipe. :)
I tried this recipe and it turned out amazing! Thank you!
Glad you liked it! 😊
I am thinking of making this once a week, refrigerate and bake every evening for dinner. What would be a good guess of shelf life of the falafel dough? Is it possible to freeze and defreeze it?
Thank you for this recipe!! First time when falafel came out absolutely perfect!!! Sending all my love ♥️
I love this recipe! It's so simple, the family really enjoys it too!
Happy to hear the whole family enjoyed this one 😊
Falafel is my favourite dish here in my home town 🇯🇴 Jordan
All the spices you use is good, but you forget to put coriander seed ground , this will make the falafel more delicious
Thanks for this lovely recipe 🌷👍
Thanks for the tips! 😊
Downshiftology
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I was just eating 2 falafel when your notification came through!
Oh funny! Great minds. ;)
You are a great cook ever since 😊
I loved all your recipes from winter to summer, including the healthy drinks 🍹 🥤
Thank you so much 🙏
OMG! I’m so excited for an easy gluten free falafel recipe. I love falafel but I think my body is starting to struggle with gluten. Can’t wait to try this recipe, thank you!
for me as Arabic, I found using cardamon in falafel recipe interesting
I thought it would be coriander
Hi Lisa, I can't wait to make this! Can I use my Vitamix in place of the food processor? I don't have a food processor, so can I generally use Vitamix for that? Thanks!!
Thank you for going slow, talking at a good pace, staying on track and showing us exactly what you’re doing. I watch so many cooking videos on here.. and I appreciate 100fold that you didn’t take a bite and go MMmMm MMmM. (It’s my biggest pet peeve, like yes we know you think it’s good we get it.) !!! Also I got so excited when you said you had actually practiced these recipes enough to share different ways??? This is like the holy grail of learning after all the crap I’ve waded through. Definitely gonna go through more of your videos thank you so much for teaching us something for free
I'm glad you're loving all my videos so far 😊I hope all my tips help as well.
I love when chefs taste their food and then react. One Italian chef even sings when she really loves it.
The absolutely amazing result I had today after watching your video, for the very first time I have tried falafel at home , the preparation you have explained was super easy and very fast also , falafel came out perfectly amazing. Loved the taste, crispy from outside 👌👌🙌
Yummmmmm This فلافل لذيذة 💗😭🌿
In Egypt it is the most popular breakfast ...but completely faraway from ur healthy method ★★★★★★★★★ I am going to make it now according to ur method
I loved eating them in Egypt! So good!
You are always welcome to Egypt
You have a home here ❤️
heba said If you used falafel for breakfast, are them the main course and what side dishes do you accompany with in order to make a complete breakfast?
N G in Egypt we eat it with beans and salad and bread
Pita bread
And it is amazing breakfast
You won’t eat again for hours !!
Enass Salah What type of beans?
Thank you so much for your videos!
I love that your inspirations are based on your personal experience and interaction with other cultures, which makes the recipe more authentic! Also your videos a clear, good lighting, calm, straightforward, easy to follow, and the food looks absolutely delicious!! 😋 thank you!!
Thanks so much! I'm always learning and love to share my experiences with this community, especially when it comes to food 😊
Can't wait to make these - Thank you for giving several options for cooking.
Wow! Amongst all the falafel videos out there you are the first person who has explained clearly three different ways to cook them apart from just deep frying. It's really helpful to see that, thank you so much. Especially when you want to try to learn healthier ways of cooking. They look fantastic.
I'm so glad you enjoyed this video Linda! Let me know how your falafels come out :)
Downshiftology what food processor do you use
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We tried it and loved it!! WOULD RECOMMEND.
*ayo waves* :)
Definitely worth the wait! Can’t wait to make these, Lisa. As always, you nailed it.
Thanks so much Alan! Can't wait to hear what you think of the recipe. :)
Your recepies are so tasty. Thank you for inspiring for a healthier lifestyle!!!
Wonderful recipe, nice preparation and it must be really tasty result ! Thanks!😊🌐🌐😊
Looks great. I will try this recipe. Thank you Miss beauty!
Definitely putting this on next week's list of things to make! What a great idea for a quick summer bite. Love this!
Yes, the perfect summer nibble (if you can stop at just a couple. Lol!).
They look delicious! I need to try this ASAP! Thank you for the recipe. 🌸
Thank you for this video! I love falafel and have been wanting to try making it on my own! Would this work in a Vitamix?
It's a bit harder in a Vitamix or any blender as it blends the bottom first and more inconsistently. If you have a food processor, that's preferred.
I lived for 4 years in Egypt and only in one place I eat amazing falafel it was made by refugees from Syria from Damascus exceptionally tasty and they were not green inside
She cooks in very hot oil, so the outside is brown instantly but the inside is still raw/uncooked. It needs to be cooked in medium heat not high heat.
This Syrian method is made without green herbs, only chickpeas, so they are golden in color.
The Egyptian method rich in green herbs, I think is more healthy
Thank you so much for this recipe-I love falafels, also on salad. Your instructions are so simple and complete....going to go soak some chickpeas!
Enjoy this recipe Cathy 😊
Great recipe ! I love Lebanese food and gastronomy, it’s the best in the world. I’m from Norway, I got the chance to visit Lebanon eight years ago, it was wonderful.... beautiful country and people, and their food is second to none.
But Falafel is originally from Egypt.
I married an Israeli, and few things bring her more joy than making falafel for me 💚
I think falafel makes everyone happy. :)
I'll try these out tonight! Just one question first - how long can you store them in the fridge and can you freeze them as well?
Lots of love xx
I came here to ask that as well. I want to know if they can be frozen and if so, do I freeze them before or after frying/baking them?
You can freez them after forming the balls and you can defrost them and fry
I make this recipe every week or two love it so much 💛
I’m so happy I found out your recipe. It is just delicious! I did it three times in just one week. I didn’t use the pepper though as my children doesn’t like spicy things but this is the falafel I love, green inside and not beige/brown inside. Many thanks!
Sounds great! Glad to hear you and your family loved this falafel recipe 😊
Coming from Bangladesh, I'll probably need to use at least 5/6 green chillies with the seeds in it. Otherwise, it'll be too bland for us :P ..thanks for the amazing recipe, as always :)
😂😂😂
Same with us Indians 😊😊
You know, this is one of the dishes I only like to eat at restaurants!
Totaly worth to make them yourself ^^
Thank you so much 😊 it’s was really delicious 😋 all my family love it
This looks sooooo delicious... I want a few.. Thank you for sharing..
I had to comment, because I was so impressed with the video quality, camera position, content, and presentation. Tough crowd, lol many comments on avocado oil, lol I lived in the Middle East, there are many variations to falafel, this is pretty healthy. Thank you for excellent video. Keep them coming.
Thanks so much for your kind words! 😊There's definitely so many variations to falafels. And this is just one way to make it.
its hard to find baked falafel on restaurants. Now i find it more harder to find now that I am living in thailand for husbands work . Il use my air fryer.
Deeply appreciate your rigor. Thank you.
I love your videos so much!!!! You're the best!
Avacado oil is so expensive! That’s ridiculous there’s other high heat oils that aren’t near 20 to fry once
Eating avocado‘s and/or using their oil is a catastrophy for the environment as it takes so much water to grow them!
@@nandapieterson1660 ?? water does not disappear you know?
Sunflower oil...cheaper & can withstand the heat !
I use grape seed oil to fry it.
Thank you for sharing this! I’ve been waiting anxiously for this recipe from you!! I can’t wait to try these!. I would love to deep fry them, but I never know how to store the used oil for future frying & it’s so wasteful to throw all that oil away. Good quality oils are not cheap. Pan frying looks good but most likely I’ll use the oven baking method because I can get more done with less “babysitting” them & it’s probably the lowest in fat & therefore less calories, which means I can eat more falafels LOL!!!
It's always best to strategize on the method that allows you to eat more falafels! Haha. ;)
The best falafel I have ever ate, came out perfect!! Ty so much!!
So glad you loved this recipe 😊
these look amazing!
Cook the falafel in either a convection oven or air fryer and forego the high fat content tahini and serve with plant based tzatzicki!!!
Thank you, its helpful and it looks delicious
Ps. Its Palestine not Israel.
Great tasting and healthy recipe for falafels with various ideas to fry or bake them. Thank you
I've never tried one but now I can't wait! TYSM!!!
Hope you like it! 😊