Rara's Carrot & Felafel Balls

[Rara1]

Name of Recipe:  Rara's Carrot & Felafel Balles
Number of People: I managed to make 10 rissole size
Ingredients: 1 can of chickpeas rinsed and drained
                           1 spring onion
                           1 garlic clove
                           200g of carrot cut into chunks
                           30g parsley
                           1 tsp of ground cumin
                           1/2 tsp baking powder
                           4 tblsp plain flour
                           salt & pepper to taste
                           extra flour for dusting
                           oil for frying

Preparation: Throw all the ingredients into TM for 20 sec on speed 8. 
                           Scrape down bowl and give it another whizz for about 5 sec until it looks like a paste.
                           Shape into rissole shape and dust in flour.  Place on tray lined with baking paper.
                           Refrigerate for at least half an hour.
                           Heat oil and shallow fry until golden.

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Tips/Hints:
I added flour as I found that the mixture was too wet and couldn't see how it would "stick" together.
Absolutely delicious!!!
I had some lebanese bread and made felafel rolls....YUM   5/5

This is the original recipe which I tweaked
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/584710

[maddy]

These look really interesting rara!
Apart from hommus, a great way of getting the kids to eat chick peas without it  being obvious 

[judydawn]

Sounds and looks good Rara, it seems any Taste.com.au member who comes over to our forum becomes a great contributor of recipes and photos.  Thanks for coming over 
Never tried felafel but could imagine them served in lebanese bread but what else do you add - lettuce, tomato etc? What dressing - anything?

[ahoney]

I love falafel with tsatski dip and taboulli (2 things i cant work out how to spell lol), great in a wrap!

[achookwoman]

rara, love the look of this recipe.   Ahoney has it just right ,  Judy.  great to freeze and get out for a quick meal.  heat up in oven or pan on stove.

[Cornish Cream]

Could you bake these in the oven instead of frying them?

[judydawn]

Do you cook them then freeze them Chookie - can they be frozen uncooked?

Thanks for your help girls, DH is going to be wrapped that I might try another vegetarian recipe - NOT!

[achookwoman]

Cc, I have never baked them, but I think you could. Judy, you can eat them as part of a meal, to bulk it out, or in a wrap, or as finger food. The prepared mix can be frozen, or the cooked patties.  When cooked, they are crisp on the outside and soft in the middle.

[Berry]

I made these the other night and baked them in a moderate oven for 20 minutes (though mine were only tablespoon-sized balls).  I then quickly shallow-fried them in a frypan for a bit of colour.  Delicious!

[Rara1]

Sounds and looks good Rara, it seems any Taste.com.au member who comes over to our forum becomes a great contributor of recipes and photos.  Thanks for coming over 
Never tried felafel but could imagine them served in lebanese bread but what else do you add - lettuce, tomato etc? What dressing - anything?

Spot on Judy.  I add lettuce, tomato, cheese.  I'm not into dressings but you could have hommus like maddy suggested or baba ganoush, tzitiki or yoghurt.

Do you cook them then freeze them Chookie - can they be frozen uncooked?

Thanks for your help girls, DH is going to be wrapped that I might try another vegetarian recipe - NOT!

I have a batch of uncooked felafels in the freezer for a quick meal.
Takes no time to defrost.

I made these the other night and baked them in a moderate oven for 20 minutes (though mine were only tablespoon-sized balls).  I then quickly shallow-fried them in a frypan for a bit of colour.  Delicious!

Great to know that you can bake in the oven.
At the moment though, the thought of putting on the oven makes me want to faint!!!

[Millipede]

I made these  the other  night. They had a milder flavour than other felafel recipes i've tried. I love how it had some carrot hidden in it  and these  probably added some  sweetness, which is why the kids found them more palatable than ones made with a  more traditional felafel recipe. 

Next time I would double the recipe, as we like to gobble down felafel balls. 

[zebraa]

That is such a kid friendly meal - thankyou. I am emailing to my husband as he is in charge of lunches

[maddy]

I forgot to post about these Rara.........Made and enjoyed them.....But.......I would suggest NOT to use purple carrots!    I thought it would be a fun change.
It kinda freaked the kids out though.....but the flavour was great.  I will use standard carrots next time, purely for the colour factor 



before cooking.....



LOL......when cooked in the fry pan, they turned a very deep purple, and almost looked black! 
I cooked half in oven, and half in fry pan.....and I preferred the crunchy casing by the fry pan.

Note to self.......use orange carrots next time 

[judydawn]

Have never seen a purple carrot in my life maddy    -  you learn something every day on this forum.

[Cuilidh]

JD, apparently purple carrots are the 'in' thing at the moment - I believe they are full of antioxidants or something else that is very good for us.  I think I also read somewhere that purple was the 'original' colour of carrots a great many years ago (possibly before someone decided that orange was a preferable colour) and they are referred to as Heirloom carrots here.  I have only tasted them once and they had a slightly different taste to the familiar orange carrot, but weren't bad.