Molly Makes Fresh Herb Falafel | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit
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- Once you make this falafel recipe, you'll never impulse buy it on the street again. A coarse texture is absolutely key; if the chickpeas are too finely chopped, the falafel will be dense.
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"I don't really support baking falafel. So, I'm not going to show you how to bake them." - Molly Badass
Joshua Branum at first I thought she said "making falafel" and I was so confused... Like molly what is this video about then?
And I actually like baked falafel better. 🤷🏽♀️ But this looked super good.
Not “badass” so much as “snotty”; not a welcoming demeanor.
Ken Hunt way too sensitive.
@@kenhunt2861 good lord you suck
Tip from an Arab: One garlic clove is never enough
Hahaha! She's serving it with a garlicky sauce, so I can let that go.
@@perfumaphilia3246 no still not close to what falafel needs
Love this and I agree even though I’m not Arabic....
whatever you are cooking, one garlic clove is never enough! lol.
Any recipe that calls for just 1 garlic clove is suspicious to me lol
"24 falafel balls you might as well invite some friends over"
You underestimate my love for falafel
Great recipe!
Arabian tips: Add yogurt to your Tahini sauce, and crush the flafels then put them first in the pita bread followed by Tahini and salad.
Big Dipper YESSSSSS
Yum.
This is what I came here to say!!
I mean, crushing falafel is just... Free real estate!
Falafel is not Arab food, it is Lebanese or Egyptian (depending if you use chickpeas or fava beans)
Unpopular opinion: if you come into these videos with Molly, Carla, Claire, etc. and your comment is about how you wish the video was a Brad video, you're a jerk. Molly worked hard on this video (and did an amazing job) and she deserves a lot of credit.
this
Perhaps unpopular, but absolutely right.
Brad where are you? Why’d you leave?
ᴀʟᴇᴊᴏ ひ he’s on paternity leave
highly agree
Technically speaking, as a specific collector of mid-20th-century spray paints, seafoam green varies but tends to be a pastel tone of blue toned teal. That sauce is more of a pea soup earth green from the late 60's and into the 1970's. I love those colors dearly.
Technically speaking, as a specific collector of internet memes, your comment is a cool story bro.
LOL
Why is it that if you take an interest in anything now, it is considered pretentious? Do we really hate knowledge that much as a culture? I enjoyed his / her comment, even if colour is somewhat subjective, it is nice to learn something new.
+Alastair Hewitt
Agreed!
no we just hate when someone is dying to correct someone when it literally doesn’t matter at all.
Fasting is hard when you're subscribed to Bon Appetit
Food Videos are never as interesting as when you're starving, so that's a plus in a way.
Also fasting but if you have one meal a day... make it a good one 😅
@@someoneinnz you underestimate my gluttony my man
@@karoma7898 not a man
Lmao I am fasting and watching this rn. So hard!!! 😆
Awesome to see Falafel is getting a proper representation abroad! Great recipe BA!
For the home cooks, there's no shame in shallow frying falafels in a flat shape (like half an inch thick)! They cook perfectly well and turn out just as delicious, without the mess of deep frying (and arguably less oil in them).
I also recommend skipping the herbs and some spices if you're going to eat it in a pita, meaning not a "herb falafel" but just a purist version with chickpeas, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Maybe Cumin. That way, the falafel balls themselves are very deliberate in their flavor and everything else in the pita goes to complement them. Dill pickles, saurkraut, tahini, fenugreek sauce, Amba, they all go incredibly well in Falafel. But if you flavor the balls themselves with herbs and spices, the whole thing can become overpowering.
Falafel like this is usually eaten as finger food, since you pack so much flavor into each ball, they really are the star of the show and need no pita.
You pick up a ball and dip it in a sauce like Tahini, Hummus, Amba, other Fenugreek products... even yoghurt. Whatever you fancy really. And it's great. I'm sure these turned out amazing.
Alon Tako thank you for this, I really didn’t want to deep fry anything.
Thank you 🙌🏾
I can't believe it just clicked for me that that's why it's called deep frying.
Plus one for shallow-frying flying suacer shaped falafels, when at home :-) (One day, I'll buy a tiny Mars Bar size deep fryer for my apartment...;-))
You can do in a cast iron pan with oil, works great
Molly is so pretty.
She aiight
totally, but it was boring
You all have no right to look at this women so disrespectfully. Rather find your own type of women who is unmarried. Wow.
Not Interested Um that's not disrespectful, it's nice. It's a compliment.
Hooah! ABN
I think this is the first time I've watched a video where the chef actually adds more salt to taste, rather than saying 'it's perfect!' after adding the first pinch. Thanks for the honesty!
I'm Lebanese and I give this recipe my stamp of approval! It's a bit more involved than my family's recipe (we forgo some of the aromatics and include fava beans) but it sounds really flavorful. I will say however, no falafel sandwich is truly authentic without some pickled turnips. They give a really good crunch and round out the sandwich better. Be sure to try them sometime!
How come there aren't more Molly videos? I love her recipes and how she's so helpful with the others. More Molly!
I’m in charge of a vegan get together next week, this looks so easy, I’m so doing a falafel party 😂
It's entirely Vegan. Thank you BA and Molly
@montanadoctor I hope you don't judge other people for their eating choices, especially if it doesn't directly affect you
montanadoctor your opinion holds such weight; I can tell you know a lot about diets when you don’t even know that the word omnivore exists. :)
montanadoctor you’re pathetic
Right?! I was thrilled!!!!! I'm glad I'm not the only one always converting recipies 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I'm not vegan but I'm so happy this recipe is for y'all! And I'm so impressed by all the support on this thread ❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful
Yeesssssssssssss falafel is amazing!!!!
Would love to see more veggie or vegan recipes ^_^
Can't say I've ever seen a jalapeno in a falafel, but it sounds damned good.
my family does and its great little heat!
There are regions in India that use different methods of cooking. The southern portion uses more dried spices when the north uses the taste of pure peppers considering they grow some of the best. This recipe follows more of how North India would make it.
kind of hard to see any of the ingredients in a falafel I would say... I might have eaten a lot of falafels with jalapeno or I might not have eaten any, all I've bought at random falafel stands, restaurant or whatever have been good though :P
Or cilantro
I love how minimalist and simple her outfits are ❤️
That looks amazing! I’ve always wanted to make falafel from scratch!
Science with Katie try making it with fava beans instead of chickpeas
Do it! It's super fun and easy.
Science with Katie what stopped you?
Hey man is the fava beans variation the traditional way, i am not the falafel expert but curious?
@@bastinjo93 its the way its made primarily in Egypt, most of the rest of the Levant uses chickpeas.
"If you're going to make 24 falafel balls you might as well bring over some friend" - We're going to make them and eat them all to ourselves don't lie.
Good technique, but I like way more garlic in my falafel. In addition to the cumin I add coriander, nutmeg, cinnamon and cayenne powder. I want falafel to explode with flavor, and I always make fresh hummus to go with it. One of the best dishes in the world.
Mood
Marry me
Typical Arab breakfast, lunch, or dinner, lol chickpeas different ways all day!
She uses cilantro. Isn't cilantro another word for coriander?
@@eljanrimsa5843 It is
This is the second time I've watched this. I actually intend to make the recipe now. The first time I was just hanging out.
Elizabeth Bailey did you make it?
No wonder Molly wasn't in the 'Pro Chefs Guess & Make A Recipe' video. Cause she already did the recipe here! 😂
I really wish the USA would convert to grams for weights.
Cazadoo nske me too. It’s more accurate I feel. Like when I’m at work I always use grams when measuring
As an American, I agree. We are too far gone, though, I fear.
Yes!!...w/ the cups, half cups, third cups which actually are all different weights for different stuff!!! spoons and teaspoons and desert spoons, pinches and dashes, drops and splashes, shots, sticks and half sticks and third sticks, oz and ounce (liquid and not) and quart and pound and gallon and pint, inches and feet and yards and acres and miles, Fahrenheit ...AND they don't break down nicely in multiples of something, like10s in the metric sistem. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius and 212 degrees Fahrenheit...what kind of number is this? NOTHING MAKES SENSE! :)))
I was trying to cook smth. and was so frustrated w/ looking for the meaning of everything in grams & mls and finding out what 1 cup of every different thing was that I was ''Americans are so stupid w/ this idiotic system" and then it dawned on me that at some point their measuring system must have been too complicated for them and instead of switching to metric, they went one step further down the stupid ladder and just started using household items to measure -.-
I get really bugged when a cooking program/channel uses weights and doesn't use grams. Has anyone ever seen a kitchen scale that didn't have metric?
Cazadoo nske
Some people have decidedly used weight but they used ounces. Ounces are fine but grams are usually better because well, the whole rest of the world uses metric.
Pretty close to an Egyptian style falafel called Ta'ameya, but a standard chickpea style thing. The Egyptian style replaces chickpeas with Fava beans and sesame seeds as the bulk, with the same herbs, the addition of much more garlic and much more cumin (probably about 6x for this amount). Notably the Egyptian falafel is very herbaceous like this recipe, so stick with the parsley and coriander and also add mint, dill and microplaned lemon zest.
Generally served smashed inside a wrap on top of a bed of houmous and spicy sauce, with shredded lettuce and tomato, grilled halloumi, grilled aubergine and pickles of spring vegetables and carrots. Then drizzle with the sauce which is thinned down yoghurt blended with the same herbs, extra mint, the juice of the zested lemon and a good pinch of salt.
It's nowhere near as simple but there's a reason Ta'ameya is considered one of the best.
You probably triggered every single falafel vendor from germany to arabia by not smashing them inside the wrap though, that is the essential falafel move, nobody wants to eat perfect falafel balls. That's messed up instagram photo nonsense, please nobody try to eat these in ball form, break them up, it's the only way.
Spot on!
Egyptian taameya is smashed (or shaped like a flat disc but the sandwich is usually done with thin tahini (usually doesn't have yogurt in it ) a salad and sometimes fried aubergine, pickles are on the side. But otherwise the falafels themselves are just as you described very herbaceous with a ton of garlic and cumin.
For the last paragraph: there’s just no “only way” for anything, some people like them smashed and some don’t. And for the things u mentioned that come on the sides with the falafel: they vary across regions in egypt, again, nothing is the exact same everywhere
iNfx1 I KNOW!
Have been allergy. What can I sub beans for to make this flavorful fritter? Any ideas?
And remeber: Damp hands make smooth balls.
Stevie T directions unclear: there’s a penis in my hand
😂 👏 👏
Freakishly small damp hands needed
ChiefJohn Worthy!
♡♡♡
Egyptian falafel (Taamiyah) made with beans instead of chickpeas is the Arab world’s best kept secret!! Way lighter, fluffier and more delicious in my opinion!
wesh asawi what beans do you use?
Victoria Hauck fava beans
...*was* the worlds best secret
Ful is delicious, of course falafel made from it will be great! But I still prefer falafel made from hummus!
haha, as an Egyptian, I *just* came to the comments section to say that falafel (a.k.a ta3meyya) should be made with fava beans. El tare2a el masreyya ahsan, bas mahadesh 3arefha!
" I wish we had smellevision"
That was literally the first thing that i wished for after i fell in love with Bon Appétit.
We need smellevisio😂
This is the sudanese way 😍 we make our Ta’miah out of garbanzo beans and herbs “no mint though“. My father always like to add some green chillis in the mixture!! But I’m not a big fan of the heat 😅
These are the best food videos on CZcams
Totally agreed
They look absolutely delicious ❤️ definitely going to give them a try!
I love Molly’s videos, she’s so precious
Keep the Molly videos coming, we love watching!
im in love with molly, so cute!
Wish you had more vegan recipes like this!
I fell in love with felafel in the seventies and have always looked for better ways to prepare them.
This recipe is so far ahead of any other I've ever tried. It's not even close. The jalapeno,, the fenugreek in the sauce.
I put about 10 dry chickpeas in my spice grinder to make the flour. I threw a bunch of course stuff away. I also put the balls in the freezer while I got everything else ready. and everything held up well during the frying process.
Great job BA, you too, Molly.
This is gonna be the weirdest thing I write or say all day, but I love how quiet that food processor is. Mine literally sounds like a buzz saw.
Is it actually quiet or is it sound editing?
molly's outfit is like...90's amish chic in a rly good way, i love it
I really enjoy Molly as a host - she's the only one I feel I consistently learn something from - everyone has their own taste but I way prefer this style of video to a host that's trying to figure it out as they go
Very helpful. Thank you for sharing this video
You dont have to round the falafel by your hands, here in Iraq we use a special falafel tool to shape the falafel as we desire.
I'm interested this item. What is it called?
@@bettychavez612 its called a falafel scooper. If you cant find it you can use an ice cream scooper!
I love falafel wraps! I usually eat it with a very simple but perfect dressing. just mix some tahin with joghurt, lemon juice, salt and pepper and add it to your sandwich/ wrap. I can guarantee that you will love it!
Theodor Zerbst just add a touch of cumin and red pepper flakes and you've got exactly what I do
tommihommi1 good one. I will try that :)
This looks so good! My mom and I are going to make this tomorrow!
Molly is my new favorite!!! Love thus channel!
Made these for work today and people loved them!! Made my own chickpea flour too. Thanks for another great recipe
I’m so glad I found this because my husband loves falafel. Yay for BA trying out vegan recipes!
I've always wanted to try Falafel, but I was concerned I wouldn't like it. Now I'm CERTAIN I'd enjoy this.
Trying this over the weekend!! Thanks!
Tried it today, worked out perfectly. Great for meal prep. Thanks for the recipe.
Brad with that dad bod 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Molly is my favorite BA chef 🤟🏼
Tried this recipe today for just falafels and turned out great! Thanks Molly!!
I love it thank you so much
It's Great
It's our daily breakfast
Hi from middel East
Looks perfect!)
OmNomNom Production the food looks alright too.
I’m so glad I found this channel!
Please put more of Molly cooking videos... She's awesome!!!!
Oh, hell yeah, Molly!
If you're concerned about the size of the grind on the chickpeas, use a meat grinder with a 3/16" plate instead of a food processor. I don't even use the food processor for the herbs and veg--I just rough chop all that and run it through the grinder with the chickpeas. It produces a MUCH more consistent particle size. Plus, the grinder both crushes and cuts the herbs, which releases a lot more of the flavor than simply cutting like a food processor does. And because it also crushes the chickpeas, it releases a lot of free starch, which acts as a binder, so you don't need to add any extra chickpea flour, or baking powder for that matter.
Also, hand-forming is not only slow, but leads to inconsistent size, which you can see in the video. Using a portion scoop works better. Lastly, if you're worried about them cooking fully before the outside gets too dark, flatten them out a bit. A flattened disk cooks through faster than a sphere of the same volume. I just dish mine out onto a sheet tray with the previously mentioned portion scoop, then cover them with some plastic wrap and use another sheet pan to press them all down to about 3/4" thick. They cook fully in about 4 minutes and are easier to pack into a pita because they are thinner.
And if you're looking for a real time-saver, just press out a full sheet pan of falafel grind 3/4" thick, then cut it into little squares and fry them up. They cook and taste just the same, but they're square-shaped, which only bothers purists. And purists bother me, so I guess that's just payback.
Fats McBustagut
Do you have a good recipe?
@@maisondav1d I started with the Serious Eats recipe, but they (like BA) use a food processor, which generally leads to inconsistent particle size. So I use a meat grinder like I mentioned above. Beyond that, I double the amount of cumin, add some MSG, and add some dry mustard powder, black pepper and finely grated lemon zest. Normally I would use sumac to get that lemony-peppery flavor that plays really well with mint, but sumac turns them reddish-brown on the inside. The combination of mustard, pepper, and lemon gives me roughly the same flavor without discoloring the mix. They fry up perfectly at about 350°F for about 4 minutes, maybe 4 1/2 if you like them a bit darker.
Oh my god I could listen to her chopping herbs all day. For real they should put out an asmr chopping video using that mic. It makes it sound so round and satisfying. 😍
Beautiful recipe!
Ate too much of these. Now I falafel.... 🤢
jesus christ.
ichigo kurosaki - I know, I’m sorry
I can't even
what does this truly mean??
J-Mac's Amateur Kitchen didn't I hear this joke already on Food wishes channel?
Need pickled radish with that. Can't have Falafel without the pickles, just too bland. Also chili sauce drizzled on top. Yummm
I've just cooked falafel with this tahini sauce the way you showed and it turned out not good, but FREAKING AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS!!! Thank you so much for the recipe ☺️
Made this yesterday and it was awesome! The dough(?) smells so perfect once the spices are mixed in.
everything is fun with brad
Thank you for this delicious vegan meal
Yummmmm. Definitely going to recreate this!
What a wonderful, smart person!
Ohh yesss another molly video 😍
“ay i got kids to feed!”
“what, they dont like falafel?”
Sounds AMAZING! I love falafel!
I love this , thank you ❤
I'm from the middle East, and I approve this video, well done! 👍
Masha Bitar you shouldn't have 😂
why not? -_-
Close enough, except for the jalapeño, and you used ONE garlic clove, and once deep fried you need to crush the falafel and then add the sauce
Oh my goodness! I’ve never been successful at making falafel and you’ve restored my confidence. Thank you
i was craving falafels and this showed up on my subscriptions... great timing hehe
In Egypt, we make it with beans instead of chickpeas.
Mohammed # طعمية بتقولولها صح؟
yes
بنقولها الاتنين فى المناطق الساحلية باسمها القبطى الفلافل فى الباقى طعمية
fava beans
T M peeled fava beans 😊😊😊
I tried to make falafel with a blender because our food processor blade went mysteriously missing. Did not work. Nor did a potato masher....
Must replace blade and try again!!!
This looked so good
Looking forward to trying this recipe out
didn’t expect americans to make such good levantine falafels my mouth is watering
Rich Piana you first asshat
So, you like American balls
Could we also force our friends to make the falafels for us?
Made these yesterday (with canned chick peas), everyone loved them. Definetly going to try more recipes by you guys
Watching her chop things is so cathartic for some reason
See you guys on trending!
Justin Y. Why are you everywhere?
TriZeven because he has no life
justin none of them have a job so keep it up!
lol justin i see u in every video xD
simple men everywhere
Perfect video to watch on my lunch break.
Molly workin her way up as one of my fav bon appetite chefs
The jalapenos aren't advisable in my opinion. You can always add something hot afterwards. Also, no cardamom. Coriander would be more traditional.
Looks delicious - I could have Falafel several times per week...
Great episode. Thanks Molly!! Just made falafel the other day actually! Never put jalapeños in mine. I’ll have to try that next time!!
The food is as beautiful as the chef! Also, I love how Brad is such a bro and is like "whattup I'm here to help"
yaaaas mollyyyy
Falafel party is the best kind of party.
sparksoffyou shawarma party is better
I made these a while back, amazing
LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!
I'm a simple man. I see Brad and I click
Oh, just STFU... 🤦🏻♂️😅😂
Brad wasn’t on the title nor was he on the thumbnail.. so you clicked not because of him.
Austin Thompson brand wasn’t on the thumbnail…
I don’t know about OP, but I would say “I’m a simple man. I see Brad in a video and I click like” in my case.
You guys are too mean, just humour OP a little bit
i love how ratatouille won the poll but you guys made falafel first anyways (i voted falafel)
That looks delicious!