1 15-ouncecans chickpeas or homemade boileddrained chickpeas can be used
½onionroughly chopped (about 1 cup chopped)
4clovesgarlicroughly chopped
¼ to ½cuploosely packed cilantro
1tablespoonsolive oil
1tablespoonslemon juice
1teaspoonscumin
1teaspoonscoriander if available
Salt pepper to taste
1teaspoonsbaking powderif desired
⅛cupall-purpose flouroptional for binding. I prefer to use almond meal or flax meal or coconut flour even works great for binding.
For the Sliders:
Hotdog or Burger Buns
Marinara Sauce
Cheese if desired or just sprinkle almond mealFake Parmesan cheese
Finely chopped Parsley.
Instructions
To prepare Chickpea Balls:
Add all falafel ingredients into the food processor and pulse few times to get coarse textured mixture.
Form the mixture into small balls.
Now you can bake the balls into the preheated oven at 375F for about 15 minutes or till desired result.
I bake the balls in to my cake pop maker. Grease the cake pop maker with oil, and bake the balls for about 15 minutes. When done, open the cake pop maker but do not try to take out the balls immediately. Let them cool slightly in to the cake pop maker and then removed them safely.
To prepare Sliders:
Buns can be lightly toasted.
Dip the balls into marinara sauce and then onto the buns.