Broad Bean Falafel

Broad Bean Falafel: crispy on the outside, soft and vibrant green on the inside, these falafels are the perfect snack for your spring aperitifs. Forget the usual chickpeas—this fresh take is made with broad beans and infused with the fragrant flavours of Mioorto Curly Parsley and Chives.

Ingredients

For the falafel
Dried split broad beans
Mioorto Curly Parsley
1 spring onion
1 garlic clove
Ground cumin, salt, and black pepper
A pinch of baking soda
Vegetable oil, for frying

For the yogurt sauce
1 pot Greek yogurt
Juice and zest of ½ lime
Mioorto Chives
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Olive oil
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Procedure

Drain and pat the soaked broad beans dry, then pulse them in a food processor with the spring onion, garlic, and plenty of curly parsley until the mixture is coarse rather than smooth.
Add the cumin, salt, pepper, and baking soda, then refrigerate the mixture for at least one hour.
Shape into falafel and fry in hot vegetable oil until golden and crispy.
Meanwhile, prepare the yogurt sauce by mixing together the Greek yogurt, lime juice and zest, olive oil, salt, pepper, and finely chopped Mioorto chives.
Serve the falafel with the yogurt sauce and a sprinkle of fresh curly parsley.
Tips and combinations
Use only soaked dried broad beans. Cooked or canned broad beans contain too much moisture and won’t produce the crisp texture that makes falafel so delicious.

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