Vegan Falafels

To make these Falafels your going to need a Food Processor to mix the ingredients together.

So first things first, get the ingredients together:

• 400g can chickpeas (drained)
• 1 Garlic clove (chopped)
• 2 tsp Ground Cumin*
• 2 tsp Ground Corriander*
• 1 tsp Hot Chilli Powder*
• 2 Small onions (roughly diced) (or just one medium sized onion)
• 2 Tbsp Plain Flour
• 2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil (or Olive Oil if preferred) 
• 5-6 Tbsp Oats

* Spices: you may want to use a bit more or less of the spices depending on the taste you want, you could also use other herbs and spices such as parsley and basil, it's completely up to you :)

1. Pre-heat oven to 180C
   In the Food Processor your going to want to put in the Drained Chickpeas, the Roughly diced Onions, Chopped Garlic, all the Spices, Plain Flour and Vegetable oil.
   Blend until fairly smooth.
2. Once blended you want to remove the blade out of the Food Processor, but keeping the mixture in it.
3. Mix in the Oats 1-2 Tbsps at a time so the mixture starts to bind together, you may want to put more in depending on the consistency you you want .
4. Shape the mixture, with your hands, into balls about an inch and a half each.
   (Makes roughly 14 Falafel balls)
   
   
5. Place on a baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes. Serve hot and enjoy.

You can also chill these in the fridge before cooking if preferred, but remember if your going to store them in the fridge make sure its in an air tight container and cook and eat within 3 days.
They are also freezable before they are cooked, so if your going to freeze remember to put them in an air tight container. I like to wrap mine in cling film before doing this. But remember consume within 3 months if frozen.

Some may prefer to Fry these falafels, to do so once you have shaped the mixture into balls flatten slightly to make a patty shape and fry in a little oil on medium heat for about 3 minutes on each side.