ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel Recipe

Easy, quick and delicious this ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel is the perfect light lunch or dinner recipe cooked in 20 minutes. It's gluten-free, vegan and budget friendly.

This is my second recipe for Tefal's Spin Class Campaign. The first one was the truly scrumptious ActiFry Red Berry and Peppermint Spring Rolls made in my new Tefal ActiFry Genius XL.

This time when I spun the ‘Gear of goodness’ to help me decide which recipe to create, I landed on gear 1, which is ‘healthy but hearty well-known dishes”. 

I think this Chickpea and Bean Falafel is the perfect healthy but hearty recipe helping you maintain that summer fitness into autumn.There are loads of reasons why I love cooking with Tefal ActiFry genius XL:

• One-Pot-Perfect – Simply add all your ingredients in at the same time, and let the ‘1-meal-in-1-go’ settings do the work for you.
• Healthy Cooking – Cooking your favourite fried food with 99% less added fat*
• Family Friendly – A capacity of up to 1.7kg* feeds up to 8 people! No more meals for one, there’s enough for all the family!
• 9 Automatic Cooking Settings – The Actifry adjusts automatically the stirring, cooking and temperature control settings, helping you achieve perfectly even, delicious meals. From fries to stir-fries, curries and even desserts!

How to make ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel Recipe

The ingredients are simple: kidney beans, chickpeas, shallot, garlic, flour of your choice (I used gluten-free flour), water, olive oil, salt and pepper and ras-el-hanout seasoning.

Whizz it all in a good food processor, make little balls and then cook for 20 minutes in your ActiFry.

Cooking up falafel in air fryer is easy, delicious and so much healthier than deep frying.I will share the full recipe down below, but you can also find it on the My ActiFry app which can be downloaded for free.

Each recipe comes with the ingredients laid out clearly, step by step instructions and you can even create a shopping list to make sure you have everything you need.

Here is the video of how I made this ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel Recipe

There is also a new feature called ActiProgramme designed to help everyone stay fit, active and eat well, so check out the video below for more info!

Here's the ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel Recipe

ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 35 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Easy, quick and delicious this ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel is the perfect light lunch or dinner recipe cooked in 20 minutes. It's gluten-free, vegan and budget friendly.

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Ingredients

• 125g cooked kidney beans, drained
• 100g cooked chickpeas, drained
• 2 ActiFry spoonfuls of flour (you can use any flour)
• 0,5 ActiFry spoonful of water
• 1 small shallot,diced
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 1 ActiFry spoonful of ras-el-hanout
• 1 ActiFry spoonful of olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Put the kidney beans, chickpeas, chopped garlic, diced shallot and the ras-el-hanout in the food processor bowl.
2. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with water
3. Blend until you have a thick consistency
4. Tip into a bowl and add the flour little by little while stirring
5. On a floured work surface, make little balls about the size of a large walnut
6. Remove the paddle from your ActiFry and put the balls in the pan
7. Drizzle with olive oil and brush over the balls
8. Begin cooking: Mode 5, duration 20 minutes
9. Serve with gorgeous salad or with a sauce made with yoghurt, tahini, lemon juice and coriander
10. Enjoy!

How easy and quick is this ActiFry Chickpea and Bean Falafel recipe? For more recipes check out the ActiFry Recipe website.

I’ll be making more easy and healthy recipes in my ActiFry, so do come back to see what’s cooking in Hedi Hearts kitchen!

As always please, if you make this recipe share it with me either on my Facebook,Twitter or Instagram. I would love to see it! Hashtag #HediHearts
Much love,
Hedi

Disclaimer: Collaborative paid work with Tefal ActiFry, but as always all thoughts and opinions are honest and are my own.