{"id":21170,"date":"2023-08-30T15:35:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bistrobadia.de\/falafel-aus-der-heissluftfritteuse\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T10:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T09:53:48","slug":"falafel-from-the-air-fryer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bistrobadia.de\/en\/falafel-from-the-air-fryer\/","title":{"rendered":"Falafel from the air fryer | How to make them perfect!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At first, I was very skeptical about falafel from the hot air fryer<\/strong>. Because I was always sure that the small, crispy chickpea balls had to be deep-fried<\/strong>! However, although this makes them ultra tasty, they are also very greasy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently bought a hot air fryer and wanted to find out – I made falafel from the airfryer<\/strong>. They turned out much better than I initially thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Falafel very easy from the hot air fryer!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Basically, you don’t have to change much of the basic recipe<\/a> for falafel from the hot air fryer. It consists of chickpeas, garlic, onion, fresh coriander and parsley as well as cumin and some ground coriander seeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You should never<\/strong> use cooked canned chickpeas for falafel, but rather dried<\/strong> chickpeas that you soak in water overnight<\/strong>. If you use cooked chickpeas, they will disintegrate very quickly during cooking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As original falafel are actually deep-fried in a lot of oil, they are nice and crispy on the outside and fluffy and juicy on the inside. The oil is missing when frying in the hot air fryer. That’s why I add at least a little olive oil<\/strong> to the batter for the falafel from the hot air fryer, otherwise the delicious chickpea patties turn into dry charcoal. Nobody wants that! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding oil directly to the falafel batter is actually the whole trick. The next step is to find the right temperature and cooking time in the hot air fryer. In my test, I achieved the best results with: <\/p>\n\n\n\n