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Falafel

Name: Falafel
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 250g Dried Chickpeas (soaked overnight); 1/2 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 1 bunch Parsley; 2 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Ground Coriander; 2 tbsp All-purpose flour; To taste Oil for frying; 4 Pita Bread

Snack

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Chickpeas ground with herbs, shaped into balls, and fried crisp — a Middle Eastern snack that became Israel's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Falafel is a Middle Eastern dish of chickpeas ground with herbs and spices, shaped into small balls, and fried. Brought to Israel by immigrants, it became one of the country's signature foods. The parsley- and cumin-flecked mixture fries up crisp outside and moist inside, and it's eaten stuffed into pita with tahini sauce and salad.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Tel Aviv stall at lunchtime, people get fresh falafel stuffed into pita and eat it as they walk.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Dried Chickpeas (soaked overnight) 250g
Onion 1/2
Garlic 3 cloves
Parsley 1 bunch
Cumin powder 2 tsp
Ground Coriander 1 tsp
All-purpose flour 2 tbsp
Oil for frying To taste
Pita Bread 4

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Drain chickpeas soaked overnight and pulse coarsely in a food processor with onion, garlic, and parsley.
Mix in cumin, coriander, flour, and salt and chill for 30 minutes.
Shape into bite-sized balls.
Fry in 180°C oil until golden.
Stuff into pita with vegetables and tahini sauce.

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