Homemade Falafel With Fresh Pita Bread
From luisascatering 15 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 6
This is my favorite vegetarian meal. Hippies love it but whatever... it's delicious! ;-)
Ingredients
- For the falafel: shopping list
- 14 oz. can of chickpeas/garbanzo beans. shopping list
- 1/2 small onion, chopped shopping list
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped shopping list
- 3 tablespoons of fresh parsley, chopped shopping list
- 1 teaspoon fresh cilantro, chopped shopping list
- 1 teaspoon cumin shopping list
- 2 tablespoons flour (may need more) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- kosher salt to taste shopping list
- Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste shopping list
- canola oil for frying shopping list
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- For the pita bread: shopping list
- 1 1/8 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) shopping list
- 3 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt shopping list
- 1 tablespoon olive oil shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast shopping list
How to make it
- For the falafel:
- Drain and rinse chickpeas. Combine chickpeas, garlic, onion, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper (to taste) in medium bowl. Add baking powder and flour.
- Combine ingredients in a food processor. You want the result to be a really thick paste. Transfer to bowl, cover and chill for at least 2 hours (important).
- Form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a ping pong ball. Slightly flatten.
- Fry in 2 inches of oil at 350 degrees until golden brown (5-7 minutes).
- Serve hot.
- For the pitas:
- Place all ingredients in bread pan of your bread machine, select Dough setting and start. When dough has risen long enough, machine will beep.
- Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently roll and stretch dough into a 12 inch rope. With a sharp knife, divide dough into 8 pieces. Roll each into a smooth ball. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a 6 to 7 inch circle. Set aside on a lightly floured countertop. cover with a towel. Let pitas rise about 30 minutes until slightly puffy.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place 2 or 3 pitas on a wire cake rack. Place cake rack directly on oven rack. Bake pitas 4 to 5 minutes until puffed and tops begin to brown. Remove from oven and immediately place pitas in a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with a damp kitchen towel until soft. Once pitas are softened, cut in half .
- Falafel can be served as an appetizer with hummus and tahini, or as a main course. Stuff pita bread with falafel, lettuce, tomatoes, tahini, cucumber yougurt sauce, hummus... the works!
The Rating
Reviewed by 9 people-
WOW!!! thank you for this recipe, i've been dying to make Falafel... i love it!
my boyfriend is Isreali... so i will be making this for him VERY sooon!!!
GREAT POST!!!
thanks
Sandy
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in Johannesburg loved it
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I am crazy about falafel.
joe1155
in Munchen loved it
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Another winner from Luisa! Thank you so much and I can't wait to try this. You got my five,
Lorraine
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in Horsham loved it
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