Davidson, Alan. The Oxford Companion to Food. Oxford University Press, 2014 — 295-bet. ISBN 9780191040726. „Falafel are made for religious festivals, especially among Christian communities during Lent when meat is forbidden.“
Helman, Anat. Jews and Their Foodways. Oxford University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-19-049359-2. Qaraldi: 2023-yil 19-mart. „The claim that Indian cooking may have influenced the invention of falafel is reasonable. There are many fried foods in India that predate falafel and that are similar in shape and consistency. British soldiers familiar with vada, ambode, dal ke pakode and other fried foods might easily have experimented and encouraged resourceful Egyptian chefs to come up with a local equivalent.“
