We soaked the dried chickpeas for 24h, cooked them for an hour, then blended them. However it quickly became obvious that they were too watery and too smooth... This happened although we had not strayed from the recipe!
Frying them just didn't work.
Trying to rescue the already more than time consuming falafel balls...
• More flour was added (which J didn't want to do)
• Fridge to cool the mixture down, to see whether this might help form shaped falafel balls - nope!
• Quinoa for more substance
In the end rather than trying to shape a ball, which only ran out of the hands, Jaime put the mix into a greased tray into the oven. These worked out better although they didn't quite look like classic falafels. The taste however, was really lovely.
A mint, cucumber and yogurt dip helped them go down rather well. Admittedly the majority was eaten by us, rather than the monkey. But he massively enjoyed the dipping aspect this food.
Unfortunately we didn't take a proper photo with the dip. So this will have to suffice. When we try falafel balls again we will go with a different recipe, and see whether we can find a jar of chick peas that doesn't have too many conservatives in it. If you've got a fail proof recipe please post it in the comments.
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