Dear Friends, first and foremost, I hope that you are all doing well and that you and your families are safe and healthy. ❤ We still need to eat, though, so here is an easy and delicious falafel recipe that you can try out.

INGREDIENTS:

(Yields about 20 falafel / 0.09 EUR per falafel / 1.79 EUR for all)

Large handful of fresh spinach (0.40 EUR)

2 cups precooked drained chickpeas (0.40 EUR)

1 onion (0.10 EUR)

1 carrot (0.10 EUR)

1 tsp salt (0.01 EUR)

½ tsp freshly ground black pepper (0.03 EUR)

½ tsp dried red pepper flakes (0.03 EUR)

½ tsp garlic powder (0.03 EUR)

½ tsp smoked paprika (0.03 EUR)

2 tbsp dried parsley (0.13 EUR)

3 tbsp olive oil (0.13 EUR)

1 tbsp lemon juice (0.07 EUR)

4 tbsp sesame seeds (0.13 EUR)

½ cup breadcrumbs (0.20 EUR)

METHOD:

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside. Wash, peel and roughly chop up the veggies. Add the spinach, chickpeas, chopped onion, carrot, salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, paprika, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice to a food processor and pulse until mostly uniform. I always like to leave a chunk here and there for more interesting texture. Add in sesame seeds and breadcrumbs, then pulse briefly to combine. If the mixture seems too sticky, add in more breadcrumbs.

Scoop the batter into small balls, lightly flatten and spread onto the prepared baking sheet. I used a small ice cream scoop for this and the size was perfect. Bake for about 30 minutes, until crispy and browned, making sure to flip the falafel over halfway during baking to ensure even crispiness. Serve warm in a pita, with a salad, or as a funky vegan meatball substitute. These also reheat great, but taste good even when they are cold.

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Dragi prijatelji, prvenstveno se nadam da ste svi dobro, te da ste vi i vaše obitelji zdravi i sigurni. ❤ Međutim, i dalje moramo jesti, pa vam evo jedan lagan i jako ukusan recept koji možete isprobati.

SASTOJCI:

(Za oko 20 falafela / 0,68 kn po falafelu / 13,50 kn za sve)

Veliki pregršt svježeg špinata (3,00 kn)

2 šalice kuhanog i ocijeđenog slanutka (3,00 kn)

1 luk (0,75 kn)

1 mrkva (0,75 kn)

1 žličica soli (0,01 kn)

½ žličice svježe mljevenog crnog papra (0,25 kn)

½ žličice sušenog čilija u pahuljicama (0,25 kn)

½ žličice češnjaka u prahu (0,25 kn)

½ žličice dimljene paprike (0,25 kn)

2 žlice sušenog peršina (1,00 kn)

3 žlice maslinovog ulja (0,99 kn)

1 žlica limunovog soka (0,50 kn)

4 žlice sezama (1,00 kn)

½ šalice krušnih mrvica (1,50 kn)

PRIPREMA:

Zagrijte pećnicu na 200°C i obložite protvan papirom za pečenje. Operite, ogulite i grubo nasjeckajte svo povrće. Špinat, slanutak, sjeckani luk, mrkvu, sol, papar, čili, češnjak, papriku, peršin, maslinovo ulje i limunov sok dodajte u multipraktik i pulsirajte dok ne dobijete jednoličnu smjesu. Ja volim malo teksture u svemu, pa ostavim da bude i nešto komadića. Dodajte sezam i krušne mrvice, pa pulsirajte da se sve sjedini. Ako vam je smjesa previše ljepljiva, dodajte još krušnih mrvica.

Smjesu grabite u male loptice, lagano ih spljoštite te ih raširite po pripremljenom protvanu. Ja sam koristila malu žlicu za sladoled i to mi je ispala super veličina za loptice. Pecite oko 30 minuta, dok falafeli ne postanu hrskavi i smećkasti. Na pola pečenja preokrenite falafele da se lijepo zapeku sa obje strane. Poslužite ih tople sa pita kruhom, sa nekom salatom ili kao neku funky vegansku zamjenu za mesne okruglice. Falafeli se super podgijavaju, ali su jako ukusni i hladni.