Hi, I realise there are various felafel recipes around on this forum (some with very curious ingredients if you check out the other posts on this thread!) Here is another option--I adapted it from this recipe I usually use from Taste.com
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/9609/chickpea+and+herb+falafel. This is my first go at recipe conversion so hopefully it will work alright for you more experienced thermomixers!
Chick Pea and Herb Felafel Recipe
* 1 tbs cumin seeds
* 1 tbs coriander seeds
* 2 x 400g cans chickpeas, rinsed, drained
* 3 cloves garlic, chopped
* 3/4 cup finely chopped coriander
* 1/4 cup finely chopped mint
* 1/2 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
* 1/2 Spanish onion, coarsely grated
* 1/3 cup (50g) plain flour
* 1/4 tsp bicarbonate of soda
* 1 egg, lightly beaten
* 1/2 cup (75g) sesame seeds
* Sunflower oil, for shallow-frying
Put the garlic and herbs in the TM bowl and chop for 3 seconds on speed 7. Remove. Roast the spices on 100c speed 1 for a couple of minutes until fragrant. Allow to cool then mill for 15 seconds on speed 9 until ground. Add chickpeas and chop up for about a minute on speed 4. Return chopped herbs, onion and garlic to bowl, along with the plain flour, bicarb and egg. Mix for 15 seconds on speed 3 reverse, a bit longer if not well combined. With wet hands shape into patties or balls and roll in sesame seeds. Shallow fry in batches until golden.
Notes: I shaped these into patties, coated a pan with olive oil and cooked them until the outsides were crunchy, then finished them off in the oven for 10 minutes or so. The Taste recipe has them served with a sauce which I have never made, so can't report on. I needed to add a bit more flour to work into patties. I have used besan in the past with this recipe to make it gluten free. I served these with Greek salad, Tzatziki, marinated butterflied leg of lamb cooked on the barbie and then sliced, and home made pitas which worked really well.
For the pitas I used this recipe
http://www.changinghabits.com.au/_webapp_144478/Home_Made_Pita_Breadwith the method from this forum post by Cooky
http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=988.0Making the felafel was much easier and quicker with the thermomix. Vegetarians and omnivores enjoyed their lunch (and a couple of mojitos and daiquiris a la thermomix helped, too!)
