Can anyone give me a recipe for chickpea balls?

Question

I tried what I thought was something like Greek meatballs at a lecture buffet and they turned out to be made of chickpeas and they were great really tasty. but I would luv to know how to make them.

Thanks i saved your recipes XXX cool

Answer 1

Beany Balls

Serves 4
I love these things - and they freeze beautifully.
2 cups cooked aduki beans
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 onion
2-3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbsp tahini
1 tbsp lemon juice or veggie stock
Seasoning

Place the beans and rice into a bowl and attack with a masher until reasonably well smashed up.

Water/stock sauté the onion and garlic until tender and beginning to brown. Add the onions to the bean mix with the rest of the ingredients and a little seasoning. Now get your hands into the bowl and squish everything together - mucky but fun! With clean wet hands divide the mix into 8 and roll into balls.

Place onto a baking sheet and bake in a hot oven until golden. Serve with Slow Cooked Tomato Sauce (or anything else you want).

Some variations:
Soya sauce, ginger puree and sesame seeds
Tomato puree, Italian herbs and balsamic vinegar
Curry spices and coriander leaves (use mung beans instead of adukis)
Mexican spices and Creole spices
Lots of fresh herbs (parsley, mint and dill works well, or sage, thyme and rosemary and serve the balls with an onion gravy).
http://www.fatfreevegan.com/beans/beany.shtml

Slow Cooked Tomato Sauce

Ok, this looks as though it's really involved and time consuming, but it isn't really - honest BUT, it does take a long time to cook (but doesn't need to be watched or stood over), so I tend to make a huge pan of it and freeze in batches, and then use in all sorts of dishes.
Warm your largest pan and 1/2 fill with finely chopped onions. Add a little salt and some sweetener (maple syrup or concentrated apple juice etc. -- this is to encourage the onions to release their juice). Cover and cook on a very low heat for 2 1/2 - 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Add enough finely chopped celery and grated carrot to fill the pan. Add blended tinned tomatoes to fill the pan, bring to a simmer and cook for a further hour over a low heat uncovered. Add grated courgette (zucchini), finely chopped aubergine (eggplant) and finely chopped red pepper, and if room some snipped sundried tomatoes and finely chopped mushrooms. Add some veggie stock cubes and cook for another hour, stirring occasionally.
Add a little balsamic vinegar and lots of crushed garlic and cook for a further 10 minutes. Add lots and lots of dried parsley and nutritional yeast flakes, tomato puree to thicken and season to taste.
http://www.fatfreevegan.com/sauces/slow.shtml

AKARA Bean Balls (Nigeria)

Yield: about 20 balls
Pulses (dried peas, beans and lentils) are the most important part of the diet of the West African and Akara is, perhaps, the most popular dish. Akara is also served as a snack or as a dessert with fried bananas or plantains.

In a 1-quart bowl:
Soak 1 Ib. dried white beans or black-eyed peas in water overnight.
Drain and remove any loose skins and put through a meat grinder.
Add: 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. salt
1/2 onion finely chopped.

Beat in enough warm water to give beans consistency so that mixture drops easiIy from spoon.
In a 9-inch skillet:
Drop by teaspoons in hot fat and fry until golden brown on both sides.
Serve as a side vegetable.
There are many variations for making AKARA. Following the same method as above you can:
Add 1/2 cup cooked AKARA to 1 cup cooked okra or add grated cheese to the AKARA mixture.
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Cookbook/Starch.html#AKARA

Falafel (Fried chickpea balls)

Soak some dried chickpeas overnight (NEVER used tinned unless you like sludge at the bottom of your frier).
Drain and grind up in a processor or robust blender until about the consistency of breadcrumbs.
Mix in finely chopped onion and garlic. Add roasted ground cumin and coriander (seed), salt & pepper to taste.
Roll into small patties. Deep fry in hot oil for a few minutes until golden brown.
EAT!

Falafel (chickpea balls)

 3 cloves garlic
 1/2 cup minced parsley
 1 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas
 1 tbl lemon juice
 1 tsp ground cumin
 1/2 tsp. each basil, corriander, thyme
 1/2 tsp. hot pepper sauce
 black pepper to taste
 2 slices French bread, torn, and soaked in water
 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
 1 tbl extra-virgin olive oil
 4 pita bread rounds
 lettuce, sliced, cucumbers, and tomato for garnish

Blend garlic and parsley in a food processor until finely minced. Add chickpeas, and process until pasty. Add lemon, cumin, basil, corriander, thyme, hot pepper sauce, and black pepper. Squeeze water out of the bread and add.

Process until well mixed. Form mixture into 16 balls. Flatten each ball into 1/2 inch thick patties. Place patties on a lightly greased baking sheet.

Bake at 375 F for 10 minutes. Turn patties, bake another 10 minutes.

In a large skillet, heat half of the oil over medium-high heat. Add patties, fry until golden brown. Turn patties over, add remaining oil. Fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Cut pita round in half, and open. Add two patties, and garnish. Top with a sauce or mayo.
http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/falafel.htm

Answer 2

Chickpea Sweet Balls Recipe: Sweet, Spiced Balls of Chickpea Flour

Answer 3

ok so this is called "feta"
you'll need
diced fried eggplants
crunchy pitta bread ( cutt into squares and fried to make them crunchy)
yogurt
and boild chickpea balls


ok so you get a big not so deep bowl all these ingredients are going to be placed in layers.

first layer is the fried eggplants
second layer is boild chickpeas
third layer is the crunchy pitta bread
fourth layer is the yogurt (to make the flavor better it is better to mix lemon juice with the yogurt)

and there you have it a "feta" salad
(and by the way it is served cold)

bon appitit and enjoy

Answer 4

You are most likely looking for Falafel recipe which is a Middle Eastern dish. Here is a vey good recipe:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/231755

Answer 5

Sorry, do not have a recipe for them, but you can buy them in most supermarkets (veggie section of deli), and frozen ones too,under the name of Falafel. Usually boxed, sometimes shrink wrapped. Cook/heat in oven - they are delicious - had them for first time when I tried a detox diet - and loved them for evermore!!

Answer 6

I think it was probably falafel that you had. Try this recipe
:http://www.cliffordawright.com/recipes/falafel.html