Falafel –

Ingredients

• 1 cup dried chickpeas, soaked overnight
• 1 green chilli
• 1 onion - roughly chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic
• A bunch flat leave parsley roughly chopped
• 1 tbsp ground cumin
• 1 tbsp ground coriander
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 3-4 tbsp gram/chickpea Flour
• oil to brush
• Step 1 Scoop the chickpeas out of the water with your hands and add to blender with chilli , onion, garlic and parsley. Blend to combine leaving some chunks
• Step 2 Stir in ground cumin, ground coriander, salt, baking powder and gram flour. The amount of gram flour used will depend on how wet you mixture feels.
• Step 3 Shape into balls or oval shapes.
• Step 4 Brush falafel all over with oil.
• Step 5 Place basket in unit and close crisping lid.
• Step 6 Preheat the unit by selecting air crisp. Set the temperature to 190° C, and set the time to 5 minutes. Select start.
• Step 7 After 5 minutes, place half the falafel in the basket. If you put them all in at once, they won’t get crispy.
• Step 8 Close the lid. Select air crisp, set temperature to 190° C, set time to 20 minutes. Select start.
• Step 9 Turn the falafel at 10 minutes, close the lid and continue cooking.
• Step 10 Repeat with remaining falafel.
• Step 11 Serve warm in Pitta or Naan with Tahini and Pickles.