{"id":105838,"date":"2026-05-12T12:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=105838"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:41:58","slug":"falafel-safeera-kaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/falafel-safeera-kaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Falafel (Safeera Kaka)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"105839\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/falafel-safeera-kaka\/falafel-featured\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Falafel-FEATURED.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Falafel-FEATURED\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Falafel-FEATURED.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-105839 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Falafel-FEATURED.jpg?resize=146%2C146&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"146\" \/>1 pound or about 2.5 cups dried chickpeas<br \/>\n1 bunch of parsley stems out<br \/>\n1 onion peeled<br \/>\n3-4 garlic cloves peeled<br \/>\n1 medium-size potato peeled<br \/>\n1 teaspoon cumin powder<br \/>\n1 teaspoon coriander powder<br \/>\n2 teaspoons baking powder<br \/>\n1 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n3-4 cups oil for frying (recommended avocado oil or grapeseed oil)<\/p>\n<p>INSTRUCTIONS<br \/>\nSoak chickpeas with water fully covered for up to eight hours or overnight.<br \/>\nRinse the hummus from water and place in a food processor, then add all the ingredients except for oil (parsley, onions, garlic, potatoes, cumin powder, coriander powder, baking powder. Blend everything well until you have formed a paste.<br \/>\nBegin shaping the falafel into balls by either using your hands, or the falafel tool if available, or even an ice cream spoon.<br \/>\nHeat the oil in a pan over high heat until very hot. Fry the falafel in batches of 4-5 at a time (depending on the size of your pan) for about 6-8 minutes, turn the falafel occasionally, once the falafel turns brownish, take it out, and place them on a paper towel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 pound or about 2.5 cups dried chickpeas 1 bunch of parsley stems out 1 onion peeled 3-4 garlic cloves peeled 1 medium-size potato peeled 1 teaspoon cumin powder 1 teaspoon coriander powder 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 3-4 cups oil for frying (recommended avocado oil or grapeseed oil) INSTRUCTIONS Soak chickpeas with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Falafel-FEATURED.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-rx4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-21 11:09:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105840,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105838\/revisions\/105840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}