Ingredients: 2 tablespoons all purpose flour,1 teaspoon baking powder,1 cup raw black eyed beans,2 tablespoons coriander leaves/cilantro – chopped,2 teaspoons coriander powder,2 teaspoons cumin seeds,1 cup raw garbanzo beans/ chickpeas,4 garlic cloves – chopped,1/2 cup onions – finely chopped,1 tablespoon parsley – chopped,pepper,pepper,Salt,1 cup vegetable oil, for frying
Instructions:
- Clean and wash the garbanzo beans, black eyed peas and green gram. Soak the lentils overnight/ 6-8 hours in excess water.
- Drain and set them aside.Grind them to a coarse paste in a grinder without water.
- Mix in all the ingredients and let the mixture sit for 1-2 hours in refrigerator. Bring them down to room temperature and roll them into small balls using a falafel scoop or a spoon or a small ice cream scoop and place over a baking sheet covered with a parchment paper.
- Heat 3 inches of oil in a deep cooking vessel (375 degrees) . Once the oil gets heated up, first fry 1 ball and if the balls lose shape, add little more flour for maintaining the shape.Fry them in batches of 6 at a time for 2-3 minutes on one side or until they turn golden brown.
- Drain excess oil and serve with a salad/pita bread/tahini sauce.
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