Homemade Falafel With Fresh Pita Bread
From luisascatering 16 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-
This is one of my all time favorite snacks. I love everything about this recipe. And with fresh pita?? Can't get any better. My favorite toppings are Tahini sauce with lemon and the cucumber/mint yoghurt. Wish I could give you more than 5!!!!!!!!...more
jimrug1
in Peoria loved it
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Oh my, luisa, you have me drooling at 8am this morning! What a beautiful plate of food, and what a fantastic recipe combo...falafel is one of my youngest daughter's favorite foods, and even though there is plenty of good falafel to be found in the c...more
krumkake
in Chicago Suburbs loved it
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Luisa you have out done yourself with this double recipe. I love watching pita bread puff up in the oven while baking. Your falafel recipe with fresh ingredients is so welcomed it is not often that I see one quite like it.
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