{"id":4688,"date":"2025-03-15T10:31:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T10:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2025-03-15T11:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T11:03:28","slug":"falafel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=4688","title":{"rendered":"Falafel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/falafel-recipe-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/falafel-recipe-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/falafel-recipe-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/falafel-recipe-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/falafel-recipe-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/falafel-recipe-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/falafel-recipe-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a>Falafel is a popular Middle Eastern \u201cfast food\u201d made of chickpeas, fresh herbs, and spices formed into small patties or balls. \u00a0It\u2019s thought that falafel originated in Egypt as Coptic Christians looked for a hearty replacement for meat during long seasons of fasting or lent.\u00a0 It has also become a popular vegan food in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is best to use soaked dry chickpeas (250g dry \/ 24H in cold water with a little bit of baking soda; they will double in size), but a can will also do it (NOT IF OIL FRYING).<\/li>\n<li>A clove of Garlic.<\/li>\n<li>Fresh herbs like Coriander \/ Parsley \/ Basil (or a combination of those)<\/li>\n<li>Half an Onion.<\/li>\n<li>A tiny bit of Olive Oil.<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp of baking powder. (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Salt \/pepper and\/or other spices are used to give an authentic flavour (like cumin and coriander).<\/li>\n<li>Sesame seeds, if you can tolerate them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Make:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put everything in the Blender and pulse to get a coarse puree.<\/li>\n<li>Use a tablespoon to measure a dose and roll small balls of the puree in your hands.<\/li>\n<li>Put in the Air Fryer at 190 for 10 minutes, shake in the middle of the cooking time.<\/li>\n<li>It is possible to Oil Fry these as well, but if you do, you cannot use canned chickpeas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falafel is a popular Middle Eastern \u201cfast food\u201d made of chickpeas, fresh herbs, and spices formed into small patties or balls. \u00a0It\u2019s thought that falafel originated in Egypt as Coptic Christians looked for a hearty replacement for meat during long &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/?p=4688\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","category-home-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4688"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4696,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4688\/revisions\/4696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozone.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}