Nancy Macklin, RDN
Nancy Macklin has a bachelor of science in dietetics from Iowa State University and a Master of Science in health services administration from the University of Saint Francis. Macklin worked as a hospital-based clinical dietitian, providing counseling for diabetes, heart disease, and weight loss and as a food service director in health care dining sites. She now serves as a test kitchen dietitian, developing 500+ recipes per year. She is a member of the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics and International Association of Culinary Professionals. Find her on LinkedIn.
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Can you give directions for baking in the oven? I do not own an air fryer. Thank you.
This is tasty and easy and I will make it again. Next time, I will increase the coriander and cumin and make smaller falafel balls. Dividing it into 12 balls and air frying as recommended, they weren’t cooked through, so I added 4 more minutes and they were still raw inside. I think I can solve that by doing smaller falafels, flattening them more, and adding cook time as needed.
Instead of cashews can I use white beans?
Definitely!!
Delicious
I, too struggled with the consistency…felt they were too runny (and I did drain the chickpeas). I ended up adding more flour and then kind of ‘plopping’ them onto the air fryer. Watched them closely and likely cooked them at least twice as long as noted here to get them to be brown and solid. They don’t look very good but they seem to taste okay.
Maybe the zucchini needed to be squeezed out on a tea towel. They hold a fair amount of liquid
What size cucumber is used? How many cups?
Thanks
However much cucumber you like in your salad.
Delicious!! Ate them without the sauce and they had a great flavor by themselves.
We have this at least once a week. Super delicious, flavors make your mouth water! Thanks for the recipe!!
Great recipe!
Don’t sub on the chickpea flour. You need the consistency of it, as it will make the falafel stay together better.
Do you think you could
Substitute the chickpea flour for plain flour? Thanks
I love the idea of this but the falafel was very runny and could not be formed into anything! I was skeptical about the undrained chickpeas, maybe they are supposed to be drained first? I ended up scooping some batter onto a cookie sheet and baking them 20 minutes before air frying. It tasted great anyway!
Hi, yes, you’re supposed to drain first, but save the water to add some back in. i haven’t tried it yet, but plan to. Maybe try again? Good luck.