
Baked Green Pea & Chickpea Falafels
40 min
Meal
Make-ahead
small falafels
Total
40 minPrep
10 minCook
30 minContains
Free from
Ingredients
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2 cups (328 g)cooked chickpeas
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1 cup (134 g)frozen green peas
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2cloves garlic
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1lemon, juiced
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1stalk green onion
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¼ cup (4 g)fresh parsley
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¼ cup (8 g)fresh mint leaves (optional)
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2 Tbsp (17 g)all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
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2 Tbsp (14 g)ground flaxseeds
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2 tsp (6 g)ground cumin
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2 tsp (3 g)whole coriander seeds
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¼ tspcayenne pepper
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1 Tbsp (15 mL)olive oil
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Directions
- Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C) and line a baking tray.
- Drain and rinse the chickpeas if from a jar or can, and dry well using a kitchen cloth.
- Rinse the frozen peas with warm water until defrosted. Then using your hands, squeeze as much liquid out of the peas as possible.
- Add all the ingredients except for the olive oil to a food processor and blend until smooth. Let the mixture sit for 5 to firm up.
- Scoop up 1 Tbsp of the mixture at a time and shape into small patties. Coat your hands with a bit of flour to keep the mixture from sticking*.
- Dust both sides of the formed patties with flour, and then brush a generous amount of oil on both sides as well.
- Place on the prepared baking tray, then bake in the centre rack of the preheated oven until golden, about 30 minutes, giving the patties a flip once halfway. Enjoy the patties in a wrap, nourish bowl, or salad.
Notes
- * A slightly moist mixture makes for better falafels as baking them dries them out. If the mixture is too wet, add 1 Tbsp more of either flour, ground flaxseeds, or breadcrumbs, and let it sit again for a few minutes to absorb the liquid.
Storage
- Store baked patties in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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Discussion & Rating
So delicious and easy to make!! And so versatile too!! I love them!
I normally don’t really like falafel because I find it too dry but these are moist, quick to make and very tasty. Thank-you Sadia
So I made this once and followed the recipe and it worked great! Tried to make it a second time recently and totally forgot to drain the peas and had a large lemon. Needless to say, my dog was more like a thick soup or hummus. I tried breadcrumbs, flour to no avail. Decided to take a chance and added some vital wheat gluten and was able to form the paddies. Just thought I'd share in case anyone else messes it up!
5 stars, pretty easy to make, tastes great and super filling.
Absolutely loved them!
I'm currently on a food illumination diet (gluten, dairy and yeast free... so it's been rough :D ). But your recipes (and brilliant website functionalities) have been amazing and helped me so much during this challenging time. So just wanted to say THANK YOU!
First time trying this, thought it would be harder than it was but I loved them!! ❤️☺️ Thank you for making it easier to est more plant based foods!! So good!!
These are great! I whipped up a batch this weekend to eat for lunches. I added some salt to the batter, but otherwise, these are completely fabulous! Pretty easy to make, too. Love that I have some meal prepped lunches now.
Hello Sadia! I love your recipes and I find them easy to follow. For this falafel I added too much lemon for my taste. How can I balance it? Thank you!
Hi, thanks for this one!
The receipe can be made without the tahini though? ☺
I made this falafel last week, together with your pesto and vegan tzatziki. OMG!!! It's so delicious that I prefer it over any other falafel I can get in restaurants in my town. I've shared this recipe with a lot of my friends and family members. I can't wait to make it again. Thank you! Greetings from Spain! :)
Delicious! Now I know what to do when my vegan brother-in-law comes to visit ☺ Thank you!
This was delicious! I saw this on your YouTube channel and looked it up on your website. Perfect dinner option! I made the Tzatziki to go with it and it was a hit with my family. Thank you for all your amazing recipes and general optimistic outlook on life. Huge fan!
We made these for the first time and really enjoyed them. Thanks for this delicious recipe!
Mary Anne and Steve Graff
i love this recipe!! i usually make a huge batch (to justify getting the food processor out), freeze some, and then use the rest throughout the week for wraps, sandwiches and salad bowls :)
It's been difficult for me to find a good falafel recipe but then I came across this one and it is now my one and only go to falafel recipe. These are so good hot or cold, which makes them perfect for packed lunches!
These falafels are just delicious, plain and simple. It's actually been a bit difficult to find delicious vegan falafels so this recipe is always my go to. They are super yummy hot or cold, which makes them perfect for packed lunches.
I LOVED these falafel! I’m not a huge fan of frying and I never found a recipe that turned out yummy and crispy falafel like these did. I don’t always have enough herbs around to include, so it was a great substitute to use peas! Genius! Added this to my rotation for some yummy home cooked meat alternatives!
My favourite meal recipe so far!! It's savory, but not heavy and the taste is very balanced. It's also versatile, as you can eat it with wraps or in salads or even as patty for a vegan burger. I always wanted to eat baked falafel instead of the fried one, but i never thought i could make one myself. I was so glad when you shared this recipe 💜
I've made these falafel 3-4 times now, it's my favorite falafel recipe and I always make a big batch to freeze for another day. The addition of peas gives them such a good flavor and wrapped in pita wraps with hummus, the tzatziki sauce (which I also made from your recipe) and additional toppings is just so yummy. Live this!
Hi Sadia, just a note to say that in this recipe you forgot the salt... I personally added it out of good sense and .... well sense of taste. Other than that, the falafels are quite nice :)
Hi, this looks so good! 🤤
Would it still work if I leave out the ground flaxseeds or substitute them for something else?
Delicious, love it with the tzatziki
So this is probably my fault, but I didn't have any chickpeas, so I used pinto beans. Bad idea. They were way too soft, even after baking. I wound up tossing them into a mish-mash curry/stew concoction that turned out surprisingly okay despite everything. I also thought the flavor fell a bit short of the falafel I'm used to. Perhaps it was the dill? I'll have to try this recipe again.
I make this one almost every week! It is so comforting and delicious!! Absolutely love the falafel and I really appreciate that its oven baked and not fried
These look great. Can you freeze them?
Easy to make and full of flavor!
Make sure to follow the directions and: drain as much water as possible.