Falafel/Middle Eastern Chickpea Balls

            Falafel is not only a yummy middle eastern appetiser but also a good option for health conscious people.

Once, when I was in Dubai, as a vegetarian I was bound by salads and falafel wraps.Having tasted falafel from many different places I ended up having a strong liking for this appetiser. I enquired local people about the spices they used 
in their food and ended up in stores selling these mysterious spices.Yes I bought them in abundance.

Their spices are rich in aroma and the taste they impart to any dish is just unbelievable. 

I learnt that the falafel could be baked in order to make them healthy.

This somehow clicked as I would go to any length to provide healthy food to my family.

                         Ingredients :
2 cups Canned Chickpeas
12 cup Parsley
1/2 cup Coriander leaves
1 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Red chilli powder
1/4 tsp Black pepper powder
1tbsp Chopped garlic
2 Lemon's juice

1/2 tsp Roasted cumin powder
1 Onion (roughly chopped)
2 tbsp All purpose flour(Maida)
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1 tbsp Sesame seeds

                           Directions:
1: Put chickpeas,  chopped onions, parsley,  coriander leaves, garlic in  a food processor and blitz it.
2: Put this in a bowl and add salt, red chilli powder, black pepper powder, roasted cumin powder, lemon juice , Maida and baking soda.

                       
3 : Mix it nicely and sprinkle sesame seeds on it and make small balls out it.
4: Deep fry or shallow fry them and serve with hummus and Pita bread.

You can even bake them or air fry them and enjoy the taste.