A Middle Eastern food made from ground chickpeas or fava beans mixed with spices, formed into balls or patties, and deep fried.
From Arabic 'falāfil,' which may derive from Sanskrit or Persian roots. The dish became popular throughout the Levant and Egypt, and the spelling 'felafel' is a common English variant of 'falafel.'
Falafel became the unofficial national dish of Palestine partly due to politics—when Israelis and Palestinians adopted it as their own, it became a symbol of shared Middle Eastern identity despite conflict!
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