How to Make Falafel - Air Fried Recipe - Crispy Fried Garbanzo Bean/Chickpea Fritter

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Falafel is a wonderful middle eastern recipe that offers bold flavors and class while providing a budget friendly alternative to meat. We combined our falafel in place of the chicken in our Halal Cart style Chicken and Rice. See Recipe here or watch the video below.


We also switched out frying the falafel to cooking in the air fryer to cut out the greasiness and make the recipe even easier to make.

Ingredients

2 Cup Chickpeas (Aldi)
2 Cup Onions (Aldi)
4 Cloves Garlic (Sams Club)
2 Tbsp Cilantro (Home Grown)
2 Tbsp Parsley (Aldi)
1 tsp Salt (Sams Club)
2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Baking Powder
3 Tbsp Flour 

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How to Make

Begin by rinsing your dried chickpeas/garbanzo beans before combining with your onion in a food processor or blender. Process until finely chopped, but not pureed.

Add cilantro, cumin, garlic, parsley, salt, and crushed red pepper. Mix thoroughly.


Finally, mix in your flour and baking powder. Chill for 6 hours for best results. We formed our falafel balls immediately.

Preheat air fryer to  350. Roll mixture into small balls (~golf ball sized).

Depending on your fryer size, you should be able to cook ~10 at a time. Cook for 12-15 minutes or until crispy.


Enjoy with your favorite recipe or check out our Halal Cart Style Chicken and Rice Recipe and substitute falafel for the chicken.  


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