Falafel Recipes
From lohashim 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 10
This Middle Eastern snack is also known as ta’amia. Falafel is a very popular food in the Arab East where it is regarded as a national food. Street vendors usually tuck falafel into pita bread with chopped lettuce and tomato and plenty of tahini sauce
Ingredients
- 8 oz (225g) chick peas shopping list
- 1 onion, very finely chopped shopping list
- 1 garlic clove, crushed shopping list
- 1 slice of white bread, soaked in a little water shopping list
- 1/4 tsp. cayenne shopping list
- 1 tsp. coriander, ground shopping list
- 1 tsp. cumin, ground shopping list
- 2 tbsp parsley, finely chopped shopping list
- salt, to taste shopping list
- oil for frying shopping list
How to make it
- Soak the chick peas overnight.
- Cover with plenty of fresh water and cook for 1 - 1 1/2 hours until tender.
- Pound or blend the chick peas to a purée.
- Squeeze out the bread and add to the chick peas together with the rest of the ingredients.
- Knead well for a few minutes.
- Let the mixture rest for 1-2 hours, then roll between the palms into firm 1” balls. (Wetted hands make this easier).
- Heat oil (at least 1 inch deep) in a pan to about 360° F, 180°C,
- fry the balls, a few at a time, until nicely brown all over — about 2-3 minutes.
- Drain and serve hot with lemon wedges
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Great pictures and Amazing step by step... thanks, I love this recipe!
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another great recipe for me to make! yummmmm
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I really love your falafel recipe and would love to feature it on my cooking blog as one of the featured recipes and maybe on FoodBuzz.com. ...more
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