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Eat well for less with our regular series of quick, delicious and wallet-friendly r<\/em>ecipes by campaigner, columnist and award-winning food writer Jack Monroe<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This recipe uses tinned chickpeas, but can also use dried chickpeas if you have them available. Dried chickpeas work out cheaper but will need to be soaked in cold water for at least 8 hours before starting the recipe, and then need to be cooked (put in a pan, cover with water and boil vigorously for at least 10 minutes before draining and using). If you have dried chickpeas, use half the quantity of tinned, i.e. 200g. I like to serve the falafels accompanied by couscous made up with vegetable or chicken stock, lemon juice and coriander, and with green beans or another green vegetable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makes 12ish falafels (4\u20136 per person)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1 onion
\n1 carrot
\na generous shake of ground cumin
\n1 tablespoon oil, plus 2 tablespoons to fry the falafel
\n1 x 400g tin of chickpeas, drained and rinsed thoroughly
\na handful of chopped parsley
\na handful of chopped coriander
\n1 tablespoon flour, plus extra to shape the falafel (to make this recipe gluten free, simply add your favourite gluten free flour here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Method<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Peel and finely chop the onion and wash and grate the carrot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Put in a frying pan, add the cumin and fry together in the 1 tablespoon of oil over a low heat for a few minutes until softened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip the cooked onion and carrot into a large mixing bowl along with the chickpeas, add the chopped parsley and coriander and stir in the flour. Mash it all together with a potato masher or fork until the chickpeas have broken down into a mush. The oil from the carrots and onion will help combine the chickpeas together, but you may need to add up to 2 tablespoons of water so the mixture can be shaped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flour your hands and mould the mixture into about 12 golf ball shapes. Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil in the saut\u00e9 pan and fry the balls until golden brown and slightly crispy on the outside \u2013 this will take about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tip: Instead of making falafels, shape the mixture into 4 burger patties and fry on each side. These are delicious with mango chutney or ketchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a look at the previous recipes in the quick and delicious series<\/a> including Caribbean style chilli, salted caramel banana cake and ultimate lasagne.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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