How to Make Crispy Falafel at Home
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- čas přidán 13. 07. 2024
- In this episode, test cook Elle Simone and host Julia reveal the secrets to making foolproof Falafel at home.
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This is a good shortcut for falafel, in my culture falafel is street food, we make it with split Fava beans rather than chickpeas, traditionally we don't add any leaveners we whip them until they look become lighter in color and creamy smooth. Then we cover with sesame and crushed coriander before frying. We don't play with it to form it so we don't deflate it. In our mix, we use soaked and drained split Fava beans, salt, leeks, garlic, onions, ground cumin and coriander, garlic, cilantro, parsley is optional, and a tiny bit of water. Traditionally we make it with enough but not too much herbs so it doesn't get too densed from the liquids, not too much onions. Color is usually light pistachio green after all the whipping.
Can't wait to try them. I Love America's ❤️ Taste Kitchen!
Do you mind posting your recipe? Sounds perfect! 🩵
Thank you so much for the information. I lived in the Chicago area for years and loved the falafel and all the Middle Eastern foods. Green rice, Greek sandwiches too.
YAAAA Elle! I like her. She brings a little freshness and newness while still giving me what I like about the test kitchen.
I love the fact that they look at each other more then the cam it makes it fell more comfortable like just two ladys eating a awesome meal together
I feel like these 2 ladies are the "realest" folks this show has. Straight forward, and a joy. On point.
i love it when elle narrates ❣️💪🏻 she's so mellow and calm.
Everyone loves Elle.
And she sounds like Megan Thee Stallion 💃🏿🗣️🎶🐎♥️
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Elle is great, would love to see more of her cooking. The falafel looks delicious, we will try it.
agreed...Julia is too intrusive and states the obvious, comes off as a bit of a know-it-all. Elle is great.
K S you know it’s a script right?
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I like Elle, too. I think all the ATK chefs bring something of their own to the show.
I made these falafels last week and they turned out great! I froze half of them for an easy weeknight dinner in the future. One thing I would add is to make sure all your ingredients are completely dry otherwise they lead to too wet a mixture.
If you want a great humus recipe, my personal favorite is from Refika's Kitchen. She's also got a falafel recipe, and I think I'll try to use her seasoning style with the recipe from ATK.
I love when they host a segment together! They are so funny & have great chemistry. I grew up eating falafels in the Middle East so I’m excited to try this recipe.
Love the vegan recipes!!
With all due respect and coming from a Lebanese, tahini sauce which we call "tarator" does not have yogurt in it. It consists of sesame paste, ground garlic, lemon juice, and a little water to thin it out. Also Lebanese falafel has chick peas and fava beans. Love ATK!
I was literally just about to write that. I also tend to prefer my falafel in a "greek" style pita (no pocket), a "Roti", or Labanese mountain bread (i can't recall it's name)
@@jonv8177 khibz markouk?
@@user-ir5ul1ph1c lol I had to look it up, the one I had was similar, but the "bread" was a bit thicker. Though I imagine that's just individual baking decisions. The one I remember the bread was almost like Lavash, in thickness
What's your opinion on how chunky they are?
I made this recipe and it was a little bland so, I added a little chilli powder, garlic powder, and onion powder along with the coriander, cumin, salt and cayenne pepper. It was Delicious! Thank you Elle!
Elle rocks in the kitchen
Elle...... you are a rock chef! The best falafel I have ever wanted so yummy.... Thank you
Please make it so we can search for Elle and others by name. Love Elle , sure could watch more of her😀. These two were a pleasant team. Bring em back. Great recipe. Do more with with condiments!
I make falafel from the recipe in your Mediterranean cookbook, and they're great! When we had houseguests coming, I made a double batch and froze them raw. When they arrived I thawed them out, fried them up, and we all had a great meal!
I wish you could have cut a falafel piece in half at the end.
This is an epic recipe and thank you so much for finally giving me tasty falafel. I did add some EVOO to help with the processing and I doubled the quantity. I added Kashmiri red chilli powder instead of Cayenne, but the end result was a delicious, crispy falafel with four lunchboxes worth ready to fry in my freezer. Chipotle mayo also works as a dip!
Much love to you all from England.
This looks totally delicious. I really appreciate how clear the directions and explanations were -- that gives me the confidence to try this at home.
More from Elle please!
When I lived in a suburb of Detroit I had my favorite falafel restaurant. They would serve it in a naan wrap. It was wonderful.
We used to watch you religiously every Saturday on PBS before we were no longer able to get the channel. Needless to say we were thrilled when I discovered you here on CZcams. It was a bit weird seeing all of the changes at first but quickly fell in love again. Since I last saw you I have been battling spinal cord injuries and surgeries, beast cancer, radiation treatments and chemo treatments and then endometrial cancer triggered by one of the chemo drugs meant to keep the breast cancer from returning. It has been a crazy scary 10 years as I battled one life threatening health issue after another and some at the same time. I am finally finished with my treatments and deemed cancer free. Over the last 29 years I have developed a lot of allergies including many food allergies which has made finding things I can safely eat a challenge. I have been slowly been removing different foods and trying to get back to how my mother used to cook. That means fresh fruits and vegetables and only ingredients that haven’t been processed, no GMOS, nothing in a box or mix, canned items only if they don’t have any additives or unnatural ingredients and the same with frozen items. The changes in my body and how I feel are amazing. I have started making my own bread with both gluten and gluten free and I haven’t had the reactions to the gluten or grains that I normally have gotten which is a huge win. My next project is to make homemade pasta. This pandemic has actually been good for my family because I have used it to completely change how we shop for food, how I prep it and freeze it in portions that I generally use when creating a meal, how I make and cook each dish from scratch with only pure ingredients. Because I am immune compromised and have other health issues that put me at risk for the virus we are taking extra precautions to protect and prevent it from entering our home and food. I am grateful to have access to your videos and recipes to help us on our journey of reclaiming our health.
This is very similar to my favorite falafal recipe, but I prefer to use garbanzo flour instead of AP. I think it's tastier.
Great tip 😉
And gluten free!
I was in Beirut and this looks really authentic. Going to make this and may use chickpea flour if I can get it. Love your recipes.
Condiment Queen! Love tahini based sauces
I have tried to make falafel in the past with no success. I just couldn't get the consistency right. I decided to try these falafel and they were amazing! My whole family raved. Thanks ATK for helping me gain falafel success.
Saw this yesterday, am making it today! Thanks
I love Elle so much. I want to see more of her in the videos!
I like Claudia Roden's version from "The New Book of Middle Eastern Food". If you use a knife to finely chop the onions and herbs you can avoid using a flour binder.
Love “The New Book of Middle Eastern Food” by Claudia Roden. I’ve learned so much from all of her books. So nice to see her mentioned here.
We're making falafel for lunch today! 😊
Glad to see other cultures enjoy it as well!!!! Bon Appétit everyone! ❤️
Elle is the best - I love her style!
I made this tonight and it was sooo good! Super flavorful and just as good as my favorite falafel place. Only issue I had was the amount of water that started seeping out from the onions once I added salt to the mixture. It was a very loose moist batter without any stickiness (even with the flour slurry) so I ended up adding a tsp of corn starch. I've got an extra batch of them ready to fry in my fridge and I can't wait to eat them again!
Thank you Elle!! I love your demonstrations! You make it look fun!!
Made this recipe today, super easy and very delicious!
Looks amazing!! Thanks
Split fava beans , chickpeas n yellow split peas. ...all can make falafel. ...
Best falafel in Egypt. ... They made it for thousands of years. ...now with different flavours ....
I tried this recipe , it is great.
In Egypt we made it with vava beans and its more delicious 😋
I also prefer fava beens over chickpeas for falafel
Oooo, I'll try that next time. Is the process the same as with the garbonzo's?
@@garingdahl yes
I love falafel. So looking forward to making these. Yum!!! Love Elle and Julia too. Great job ladies.
I just made this recipe (or one from an ATK magazine using the same technique)...O...M...G it is the BEST falafel I have ever had in my life. So soft and pillowy on the inside and crispy on the outside and so easy. EXCELLENT recipe! Well done ATK!
Love Elle- more of her please!!!!
ATK is foolproof. I made this to the T after trying several flafel recipes on the net. And this one is amazing. restaurant quality.
Love these recipes. Thanks
So thankful for this recipe!
OMG!!!!! I haven’t had a decent Falafel since I lived in L.A. as a teenager roaming the streets of Westwood on Friday Nights with my high school friends 😁!!!
I’m so going to make these🤗😁🤗😁🤗😁!!!!!! Soooo salivating right now!!!!
Now I know what I m doing wrong with my falafel!😁 you gals are awesome. Thank you.
Ate falafel in the 50s in Israel. Wonderful food.
I really love how you explain stuff of when the oil is too hot or not hot enough and all the science in your videos. Makes it very curious like I'm gaining some hidden knowledge. Thank you :). Falafel looked amazing
I like the flour mix idea. I will give it a try. Thanks
Gotta try this version. Falafel is a perfect warm weather food.
We. Love. Elle. Please make more videos with her!
I can't wait to try this. Need to nick out to get some tahini tho.
More Elle, please! She’s the best!
Not too be dramatic, but this literally gives me hope for humanity.
Never made falafel but this looks like a must try. Great recipe, thanks
I made these! They are good. Really nice flavor. I think I will pulse the chickpeas a little smaller next time, but they worked really well. Only one ball broke apart a little when frying, which is especially impressive given how course the chickpeas are. I will be making these again!
I tried it and loved it
I like the idea of being able to freeze them after forming; I don't find myself needing to make 24 falafel patties in one sitting, ha!
I was wondering, though, how to thaw them: would you simply let them thaw in the refrigerator like you would meats or fish, etc? And, will they retain a lot of moisture (I've made veggie patties that I have frozen after forming, and they retain a lot of moisture after thawing. Usually I have to add more of whatever breading used to help absorb the moisture). Thanks for the content!!
Best thing is you can cook right way from frozen. They even hold up their shape better that way :)
@@cinnahum THANK YOU!!
Great job Elle! I love falafel and I got to splurge on falafel and other Lebanese specialties during my Erasmus year at the American University of Beirut. I just love Lebanese food. The flavors are equal to none. Greetings from Norway !
Both you ladies are soooo beautiful. I’m gonna make this for my boyfriend. His birthday is Friday. He loves falafel. He’s gonna love this. And I ordered a food processor too. Gonna pick up today. I can’t wait!😁
Actually... the "green" in falafel can be when it's made with ful (fava beans), instead of chickpeas (falafel).
We made it with vava beans in Egypt and its more delicious 😋
@@waleedzaki9978 I use a combination
Chickpeas is hummus in Arabic and yes hummus is made of hummus 😂😂 you Falafel expert
Yes! I’ve used fava beans before and it lends a really delicious taste to the finished product!
thanks for all your research home cooking is always better than take out ,most are in it for the money not the love keep up the good work
I made these last week and they were delicious! Truthfully they were even better the next day, microwaved cooked falafels were even fluffier!
Falafel, Falafel, Falafel..😋...I love Falafel!
Imma make this recipe this week!
Thanks👄ladies!
Man. I thought I was hungry BEFORE watching this video!
Looking good and different 👍
Love this recipe, I was going to make falafel today, chickpeas are ready. Will make it tomorrow. Thanks
Sounds great!
Great recipe
Looks delicious!
I live 20 min from Albany in Scotia NY.I can’t wait to make this recipe today for dinner.
Fresh falafel with cheese spread thin omelette and lettuce is yummiest wrap ever.Try please.
This is a new version of tahini, we use it in every kind of food, this is the first time I see tahini made with yogurt. We make it the same way, excluding yogurt, add some vinegar maybe one or teaspoons, cumin and coriander.
Falafel is absolutely nice foods, I use an Air fryer to cook it, not frying, also I have a beans hand mill grinder and I do not use the food processor. Very healthy if you do not fry it can be baked as well
Thank you for this! I tried cooking it via airfyer and they turned out great too. 185 C for 10 mins :)
i found 350f to be best but I made disks which are thinner so less time to heat centers. Such an amazing thing to eat and so many variations you can do.
There was a place in Boston when I lived there that I used to love to get falafel from! Falafel also freezes beautifully and reheats beautifully and crispy in the air fryer! :-)
This sauce is delicious on frozen falafel I can't wait to try it on their falafel recipe
Yum yum gimme some!!!!
CURIOUS, Has anyone ever found a very good tahini sauce that is sold in supermarkets? 👍♥️
Elle is so soulful. I imagine here having her own restaurant that says ellles soulful restaurant lol
I love falafel and have had it countless times. Prefer the wraps simply because everything is fairly evenly distributed. Base of hummus, smashed falafel, tomato, pickled veg and generous tahini...every single bite start to finish.
Has anyone baked these? Looks incredible!
Elle is GORGEOUS!!
ATK has given me more pro tips than I can count and this recipe is no exception. I have made it twice so far, in the last week alone and have another double batch mellowing in the fridge as I type this. Thanks ELLE and thanks again, ATK.
أحسنت وقمت بعملها بطريقه جميله ومشهيه للعين.... .ولكن.....نخلط الطحينه ب٣ ملاعق من عصير الليمون ثم نضع الماء تدريجيا فالملح...اما اللبن فهو اختياري....بالنسبه للفلافل يجب ان تكون الخلطه أنعم بثلاث مرات مما خلطت.......ل ٢ كوب حمص تنقع ليله كامله بعد غسلها......المواد المضافه هي١راس بصل متوسط ٤سن ثوم ١ضمةبقدونس صغيره ١ضمة كزبره صغيره وتطحن مع الحمص ..تضاف البهارات الناعمه الجافه على الخليط بعد اخراجه من محضرة الطعام وهي ملعقه صغيره من كل مما يلي ملح فلفل اسود كزبره ناشفه كمون... ونصف ملعقه صغيره بكنج باودر ونصف معلقه صغيره بيكربونات الصوديوم..تخلط المواد جيدا وتكون العجينه طريه وليست صلبه وتوضع بالثلاجه نصف ساعه وتكوّرحبات الفلافل باي اداة مناسبه او بملعقة طعام صغيره وتوضع في زيت نباتي محمى وعلى حراره متوسطه...وصحتين....
ملاحظه:اذا رغبتم بتفريز الفلافل فيكون ذلك بدون وضع البهارات الجافه المنطحونه وبدون مواد الرفع البكنج باودر والصودا...وبتم وضعها عند ذوبان عجينة الفلافل بعد اخراجها من المجمد.
I love to add sesame with the mix
Thanks good for me
I just made a "falafel kit with dried chickpeas" and it was outrageously good for a mix you just add to water. Ziyad brand.
I always add garlic to my tahini sauce for shawarma or falafel and put it in a squeeze bottle.
I just tried this and something about this recipe felt a little off. My mix was much less green and much more crumbly, so I had to add a bunch more flour to make it even shapable. It definitely felt like I used too much of the chickpeas.
When you say 8oz, are we talking 8oz in volume, like 1 cup, or are we talking 8oz in weight? Because I used a scale and the amount of chickpeas I ended up with looked like much more than in the video, but perception can be deceiving.
Anyway, even though I had a bit of a hassle, they turned out pretty great. Next time I'll definitely try to only use a cup of chickpeas, which would be about 1oz less.
Give tangzhong it's proper due. It is used in bread recipes to keep bread moister longer without it going stale.
Dalia’s on Madison ave.... wow u brought me back with that one
Is it still around
Great Job Elle!!! 😋 ATK, more Elle please!!!
Why won't they feature Elle more? I love her. Hate what she made but I love how she cooked it.
oh my goodness , So bomb ! delicously !!!!!!
I'll take 1 to go thank you. You gotta smash the falafel so it don't move all about, that's my method😁
I want to try this with different beans
Great presentation! A black female chef on ATK?!! Kudos👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
Why can't I get the recipe without signing up and paying? Greetings from Denmark.
ATK/?Cooks Illustrated does not get revenue from advertisers so there is no bias in their recipes. Signing up for an account/ subscription funds their work.
Damn these look fantastic.
Any storing tips when freezing in case they stick together?
Freeze them flat on a cookie sheet first. When frozen, then transfer them to a container or freezer bag and then put back in freezer.
Exactly! That way they don’t stick in the bag. Works great for berries or anything you want to freeze.
Yummmmmm