• Soak garbanzo beans for at least 8 hours. Please do not try to use canned, cooked or unsoaked garbanzo beans in this recipe. They will not work.

Combine all ingredients using one of these methods:

Juicer:

• Using the blank screen in your juicer (this works with the Omega brand Masticating juicers. I have not tested it with other brands), run all ingredients through the juicer. Everything will be crushed, creating the perfect consistency for falafel.

Food Processor:

• Pulse all ingredients together in a food processor. You want to process until the mixture is not smooth (it should not be a paste) but processed enough to hold together. It will be a coarse meal.

Forming the falafel:

• Form falafel into balls about 1" in diameter. This recipe will make about 24 falafel balls.

Cooking, air fryer method (preferred):

• Place the falafel balls in a single layer in the air fryer basket. Air Fry at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes (until falafel is nicely browned and crispy but not burnt). Shake the basket partway through to keep falafel from sticking.

Cooking, oven method:

• Place falafel balls in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees F for 30 minutes. Flip the falafel halfway through.