Thank you for your comment. I have been eating only raw food for over 9 months...nothing cooked or fried. But I have eaten falafel, homemade of course.
I do eat legumes, but only sprouted and raw. Like mung beans, lentils and alfalfa. Chickpeas are a bit picky...as they rot very fast.
I used to soak the chickpeas in water and then roast them in the oven, then ground them and soaked them in water with herbs. Then I cooked them in the oven, so not much oil is needed.
Why not oil?
Heated oil is unhealthy. It produces toxins like Acrylamide and others. I recommend using cold-pressed oil instead and do not heat it. You can use really good oil almost as a seasoning...and you get the benefits from it. Like avocado oil, walnut oil, sesame seed oil etc.
Yes thatnis exactly why i asked. There is cold pressed oil. But i use only olive oil. Nutoil is also good i have heard but never used so far.
Olive oil is nice, but has lots of omega 9...Which is ok, but not the healthiest option. Omega 3 is great, but very delicate and never should be heated. Like flax seed oil, chia sees oil, walnut oil, pumpkin seed oil, etc.
Also if we eat raw nuts and seeds, we also get the benefits directly, without extracting the oil. Oil is not a whole food any more. That's why I'm leaving more and more oils out of my diet.
Maybe you don't know this, but there is olive oil made from green olives, before they mature, and it is fucking great. I am sure, i can bet, that you will find it useful (and very very tasty). I don't know how it is called in english, we call it αγουρέλαιο. Search for it...
Ah, of course it is more expensive...
Oh, and as you said, you don't heat this oil. This is for fresh salads and things like that.
