Falafel...cooked vs raw garbanzo beans??

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(Deepak Saxena) said:

Topic says it all. I have seen variations of falafel
recipes with either cooked or raw beans. What's
traditional and what have people found works best from
experience? I'm making some for the first time tonight and
have the chick peas currently soaking. My worry with using
them raw is digestion issues and I am worried about having
a pile of mush that won't set if I cook them before food
processing.

IMO, raw is better. You soak them overnight, drain and
then grind that way. Cooked turns to mush.

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Quoted message said:

Topic says it all. I have seen variations of falafel
recipes with either cooked or raw beans. What's
traditional and what have people found works best from
experience? I'm making some for the first time tonight and
have the chick peas currently soaking. My worry with using
them raw is digestion issues and I am worried about having
a pile of mush that won't set if I cook them before food
processing.

Tnx!! ~Deepak

HI, sorry this response is late but traditionally the beans
are soaked then ground or pureed they are not cooked. cafeus

Deepak Saxena said:

Topic says it all. I have seen variations of falafel
recipes with either cooked or raw beans. What's
traditional and what have people found works best from
experience? I'm making some for the first time tonight and
have the chick peas currently soaking. My worry with using
them raw is digestion issues and I am worried about having
a pile of mush that won't set if I cook them before food
processing.

I prefer to make falafel with slightly undercooked
garbanzos.

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Deepak Saxena said:

Topic says it all. I have seen variations of falafel
recipes with either cooked or raw beans. What's traditional
and what have people found works best from experience? I'm
making some for the first time tonight and have the chick
peas currently soaking. My worry with using them raw is
digestion issues and I am worried about having a pile of
mush that won't set if I cook them before food processing.

Tnx for the replies. Unfortunately I went ahead and boiled
them and I ended up with stuff that just fell apart upon
hitting the oil. However, it did taste very very much like
falafel and I was able to coerce the patties to stay
together by rolling them in flour first. Slightly different
taste, but they got gobbled up quickly.

Next time I'll do this right. 🙂

~Deepak

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