/ / recipes / course / main-snack By course Main / Snack 1 viral, validated main / snack recipes — each tested by a named editor in a real kitchen. Levantine · 35 min · Medium Falafel — bolinhos de grão-de-bico Shatteringly crisp outside, herby and green within: falafel made the right way, from soaked (never cooked) dried chickpeas blitzed with garlic, herbs, and spice, then fried. The Levantine street-food icon, naturally vegan.