My posts usually have a "look at me! I'm an awesome cook" theme. And okay, some of the time I am a pretty good cook. But not always. I attempted to make Falafel on Thursday. And I failed. Big time.
They Looked So Promising....
Too bad they turned into this.
Eventually, I figured it out.
I even made like 6 falafels!
Things got off to a pretty bad start: I burnt some of the chickpeas and had to discard about a 1/3 of them. The first batch of falafel literally desinigrated as soon as it hit the hot oil. After wasting several falafels, I decided to lower the heat and add more flour (as a binding agent). Sadly, that didn't seem to work either. The falafel cooked but turned to mush as soon as I attempted to take it out of the oil. So I gave up on making vegan falafel and did the only think I thought might fix the mess. I added egg. Dunt Dunt Duhhh. The falafel stayed together much better after I doused them in egg yolk. I ended up with 5-6 sad looking falafels which were either terribly undercooked or burnt to a crisp.
This is the recipe I used. Don't even think about it.
Falafel
You Won't Need:- 9 oz. cooked chickpeas
- 1 clove garlic
- Salt, to taste
- 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. vegetable oil
- 1 tsp. flour
- Vegetable oil for deep-frying
- Combine all the ingredients, except the oil for deep-frying, and blend in a food processor.
- Taste and adjust the seasonings.
- Make balls (about the size of a lime) out of this mixture.
- Heat the oil for deep-frying and deep-fry 4 to 5 balls at a time.
Makes 4 servings
