{"id":1149,"slug":"falafel","title":"Falafel","description":"Falafel is a fritter popular in Mediterranean cuisine. It is typically fried, but may also be baked. It always consists of one or more types of beans; usually fava beans or chickpeas. In some regional varieties parsley is added too.","ingredients_raw":["2 cups (480 g) chickpeas, drained","4 cloves of garlic, peeled and sliced","4 tablespoon parsley, chopped","1 onion, cut into chunks","1 teaspoon (0.25 g) ground coriander","1 teaspoon (0.75 g) ground cumin","1 teaspoon (0.46 g) cayenne pepper","1 teaspoon baking powder","6 tablespoon flour","½ cup vegetable oil (sunflower or corn oil) for frying"],"ingredients_norm":["chickpea","garlic","parsley","onion","ground coriander","ground cumin","cayenne pepper","baking powder","flour","vegetable oil"],"steps":["The night before, place the chickpeas in a bowl and cover with water (they will expand, so cover with at least a couple of inches). Drain, rinse, and dry before using. This will be about 4 cups' worth, all of which gets used.","In a food processor or blender purée chickpeas. To the chickpeas add the other ingredients (except oil); process until well mixed.","Shape into balls, using about 1 tablespoon for each.","Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add balls, and brown on all sides.","Serve with pita."],"categories":["Recipes using chickpea","Deep fried recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using coriander","Recipes using cayenne","Recipes using wheat flour","Recipes using ground cumin","Recipes using vegetable oil"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Falafel","source_ref":"4515539","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Falafel&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"f888ac5c1346796df23f532156eb985469525eadd6f9a0762393a9b06ec1e5e2","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:01Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/falafel"}