🧆 Air Fryer Falafel 🥙

Name: 🧆 Air Fryer Falafel 🥙
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 29 oz can chickpeas, drained and rinsed; 1 onion; 3 tbsp (45 g) minced garlic; 2 tsp ground cumin; 2 tsp paprika; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/4 tsp salt, to taste; 2 tbsp (32 g) almond butter, or tahini or pistachio butter; mashed sweet potato (128 g), about half a cup; 3 tbsp (45 g) hot sauce; 2.5 cups (40 g) fresh cilantro

6 steps

Prep:30minCook:12min

Falafel is a chickpea based meatless dish originating from Egypt. They can be a healthy vegan option, but are unfortunately often deep fried. These falafel are either air fryer or baked, simple and cheap to make, and full of flavor. Nutrition facts are for each small falafel ball

Updated at: Wed, 08 May 2024 18:35:21 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories31.6 kcal (2%)

Total Fat1 g (1%)

Carbs4.7 g (2%)

Sugars0.9 g (1%)

Protein1.4 g (3%)

Sodium89.2 mg (4%)

Fiber1.2 g (4%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

36 servings

29 ozchickpeas

can, drained and rinsed

1onion

45gminced garlic

2 tspground cumin

2 tsppaprika

½ tspblack pepper

¼ tspsalt

to taste

32galmond butter

or tahini or pistachio butter

128gsweet potato

mashed

45ghot sauce

40gfresh cilantro

Instructions

Step 1

With a strainer, drain and rinse your can of chickpeas. Add to a parchment lined cookie sheet, and roast at 400F for about 20-25 minutes, or until the chickpeas are dry and slightly cracked

chickpeas29 oz

Step 2

Meanwhile, dice your onion, and add to a food processor. Add in the roasted chickpeas, and lightly pulse a full time to chop and combine. Don't over-blend, you want it to be a little bit coarse. Here is the texture you're looking for

onion1

Step 3

Add the rest of the ingredients to the food processor, and pulse to combine and chop the cilantro. Be careful not to over-blend

minced garlic45g

ground cumin2 tsp

paprika2 tsp

black pepper½ tsp

salt¼ tsp

almond butter32g

sweet potato128g

hot sauce45g

fresh cilantro40g

Step 4

Using a cookie scoop (mine is 1 tbsp), scoop the batter into a parchment lined cookie sheet. Roll into balls (refrigerating for at least 30 minutes makes this step easier)

Step 5

Air fry at 375F for 12 minutes, flipping halfway. Alternatively, bake in a preheated 375F oven for 20 minutes, flipping halfway

Step 6

Eat the falafel as is, put on a wrap with hummus (check out my red lentil wraps and roasted beet hummus), or crumble over a salad