Zucchini Falafel

August 23, 2012

Cindy too I typically figure out our dinner plans each morn earlier work, based on a combination of what's inward the refrigerator too what nosotros experience like. Every 2nd Th we're presented amongst a dilemma - nosotros know we've got a veggie box coming but we've got no stance what volition hold upward inward it. The website has a oil listing each calendar week but things don't ever check up. This calendar week nosotros decided that we'd destination upward amongst at to the lowest degree 1 zucchini too went hunting for roughly form of zucchini based dish to base of operations our dinner around.

This recipe for zucchini falafel from standard recipes. They're almost fritters rather than falafel really, although they however combined deliciously amongst Cindy's yoghurt/tahini/lemon juice sauce. We merely chucked ours on move past times of roughly greens too grated carrot, but these would operate merely too inward a roll or burger.

Zucchini falafel

(based on a recipe from Cook (almost) Anything at Least Once)

220g zucchini, roughly grated

1 x 400g chickpeas, drained too rinsed

ii pocket-size chocolate-brown onions, peeled too roughly chopped

1 teaspoon smoked paprika

1 teaspoon cumin

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 egg, lightly whisked

3/4 loving cup parsley leaves

1 1/2 cups breadcrumbs

Oil

Whiz the onions, paprika, cumin too baking pulverization inward a nutrient processor, until the onion is finely chopped too everything is combined.

Add the chickpeas too zucchini too pulse roughly to a greater extent than - you'll quest to scrape the sides downward a chip to brand certain everything gets properly sliced up. Add inward the parsley too whiz again.

Scoop all the mixture out into a mixing bowl too stir through the egg. Add inward nearly 3/4 loving cup of breadcrumbs, until the mix has dried out plenty to hold upward manageable. 

Heat a decent layer of oil inward a frying pan - you lot desire to larn it pretty hot. 

Pop the balance of the breadcrumbs inward a pocket-size bowl. Roll the falafel mixture into golf-ball sized spheres, scroll them through the breadcrumbs to coat too driblet them into the hot oil. Fry for iv or v minutes on each side, soak off roughly of the oil on a newspaper towel too serve.

This makes nearly xx balls, which comfortably left us amongst lunch-sized leftovers for the side past times side day.