How to Prepare Favorite Toby’s Tasty Flaflafel (falafel)

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, toby’s tasty flaflafel (falafel). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have toby’s tasty flaflafel (falafel) using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Toby’s Tasty Flaflafel (falafel):

1. Prepare 500 g raw chickpeas
2. Prepare Fresh coriander (a rough handful)
3. Get 1 tsp smoked paprika
4. Make ready 2 chillis (as spicy as you like)
5. Prepare 1 red onion
6. Take 1 tsp cumin
7. Take 1 tsp cinnamon
8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
9. Get Zest of 3 medium lemons
10. Get 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice (no more)
11. Get Fresh mint (half a handful - roughly)
12. Make ready 750 ml vegetable oil (for frying)
13. Take 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
14. Take Dried chilli flakes (optional)

Steps to make Toby’s Tasty Flaflafel (falafel):

1. Empty your chickpeas into a large bowl. Add the water and the baking soda then leave covered overnight (up to 24 hours).
2. Now your chickpeas are ready to rock, use a sieve to empty the water out. - - Then, grab a clean hand towel and lay it flat. Empty your chickpeas onto the towel and dry the chickpeas off. They don’t have to be bone dry. This is just get some of the excess water off which will help you down the line.
3. Next, toss all the herbs, spices, lemon juice and chickpeas into some sort of blender. - - I only have a small one so had to do it in batches before mixing everything together in a large bowl. - - Make sure everything is nice a blended together but don’t let it turn into a paste. - - Add a healthy dose of salt and pepper to the entire mix plus some optional dried chilli flakes.
4. Grab a small handful of the mix and roll it into a ball somewhere between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball. - - You may have to squidge out a bit of excess liquid here to get them into shape. That’s fine. Don’t worry, the balls will firm up in the fridge.
5. Pop the balls onto some grease proof paper and put them in the fridge for half an hour or so.
6. While you wait, pour the oil into a pot and bring up to temperature (around 180 degrees Celsius). - - Use enough oil to comfortably cover the falafel. - - And, while you’re at it, pop the oven on to around 150 degrees. - - If you haven’t figured it out by now, you’re going to be deep frying your falafel!
7. When your oil is at temperature, drop four balls into the pot. - - Top tip: if you don’t have a thermometer (I don’t) use a little excess mix to test the heat. If it starts frying, your oil is probably nearly ready.
8. Use tongues or a wooden spoon to toss oil over the balls while they’re frying. - - The trick is not letting the balls stick to the bottom of the pan, but also not moving them around so much that they break up. - - Be gentle!
9. When the balls are golden brown, remove them from the pan and pop them in the oven. - - This helps keep them nice and warm while you fry the other balls.
10. All that’s left to do is serve with a healthy dose of hummus and tahini, then eat!
11. Lastly: if you have loads of uncooked balls left over, you can freeze them. I prefer to section out any Tupperware with tin foil - that way, the mix doesn’t stick together in the freezer.

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