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Firstly heat a pan with a drizzle of olive oil
Meanwhile finely chop the red onion adding to the pan along with the crushed garlic and cook for a minute until softening
Now add the chickpeas, black beans, spices along with a pinch of salt and pepper and fry together for 5 minutes
Pour the ingredients into a food processor along with the lime juice, flour, parsley and tomato puree and blitz. You're looking for a slightly chunky consistency so don't completely blend until smooth (you may need to stop and press in the sides of the mix to create an even consistency)
Allow the mix to cool for 5 to 10 minutes
Meanwhile turn on your oven placing a baking tray inside to warm up at 200C
Once the mix has cooled a little shape into small balls, I aim for roughly about 16 balls
Remove the tray from the oven, drizzle over a layer of olive oil onto the tray and evenly place the falafel balls. Place in the oven for 10 minutes before turning to cook on the other side for 10 minutes
If you would prefer to fry the falafels to make them even crispier then simply add oil to a deep pot and fry for a couple minutes until golden