Easy healthy falafels

Ingredients

• 250 g dried chickpeas or dried split broad beans
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 onion, roughly chopped
• 1 leek, roughly chopped
• 1 celery stick, roughly chopped
• 1 small chilli, roughly chopped (deseeded if you don't like it too hot)
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp sumac
• good handful chopped coriander
• good handful chopped parsley
• 80 g gram flour
• 100 ml vegetable oil
• houmous, tabbouleh and pickled red onion & radish (see goes well with), flatbreads, shop-bought or see goes well with (optional)

Instructions

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   Easy healthy falafels serves 8 original recipe by BBC Good Food.