Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, green lentil falafel. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Green Lentil Falafel is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Green Lentil Falafel is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook green lentil falafel using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Green Lentil Falafel:
- Make ready 150 g dry green lentils (275 g soaked)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp coriander seeds
- Get 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp fennel seeds
- Get 1/4 tsp salt
- Prepare dash pepper
- Prepare 1 clove garlic
- Make ready 2 Tbsp chopped chives (or fresh cilantro/coriander)
- Take 1-2 Tbsp flour
- Prepare oil for frying
- Take Simple Yoghurt Dip
- Prepare 4 Tbsp plain yogurt
- Prepare to taste salt & pepper
- Make ready to taste Fresh chopped cilantro or parsley
Steps to make Green Lentil Falafel:
- Soak lentils overnight and drain. (Note: Do not use cooked lentils!! they will fall apart when frying)
- Combine all the ingredients for falafel (except cooking oil of course) in a food processor. Work in batches if needed.
- Process until the lentils are chopped into a grainy mixture. You don't want it to be come a paste.
- Form into balls using about 2 Tbsp of the lentil mix each. (it helps to wet your hands a little to prevent the mixture from sticking). If they are falling apart, add more flour to the mixture.
- Heat enough oil for frying in a frying pot. One the temperature is hot, fry the falafel in batches. When one side is golden brown turn over and fry the other side.
- When all sides are golden remove from oil and let drain on a rack or on paper towels.
- Mix together the yoghurt dip ingredients if using that. Serve and enjoy with the yogurt dip!
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