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Mark's Very Own Fried Rice Recipe

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Ingredients

1 1/2 tb Cumin
Salt & pepper
1 tb Coriander
Stock, as needed
1 sm Onion, minced
Several dashes tabasco
4 ea Garlic cloves, minced
1/4 c Parsley, minced
2 c Chick peas
3 tb Wholewheat flour

Directions

Step #1 Soak chick peas, cover with fresh water, rinse well, bring to a boil & simmer until very tender.
Step #2 Depending on how fresh the chick peas are will determine how long this will take.
Step #3 Give them about 1 1/2 hrs.
Step #4 Drain well & set aside to cool.
Step #5 When cool, place chick peas in food processor/blender bowl & mix until very smooth.
Step #6 If you have a large enough bowl, except the stock, add the rest of the ingredients, & mix in the mixer.
Step #7 If the bowl is not large enough, you will have to do this in batches.
Step #8 Then add the ingredients in order, mixing well after each addition.
Step #9 Add a little stock if the mixture appears too dry or looks as if it is not going to hold together very well.
Step #10 Cover & set aside for 30 mins.
Step #11 Shape into patties.
Step #12 If the patties do not hold together very well, you may want to add a little more flour, but be careful, you do not want to make them too floury.
Step #13 Place on a lightly oiled baking sheet & carefully flatten.
Step #14 This amount should make 15 to 18 patties, so make them a reasonable size.
Step #15 Preheat the oven to 350F.
Step #16 Bake the falafel patties for 5 mins, remove trays, flip the patties & return to the oven for another 5 mins.
Step #17 remove this from trays & cool on wire racks.
Step #18 To serve: Heat some olive oil in a good heavy skillet, you can choose: I use 2 tb of olive oil, or you could deep fry them in a wok.
Step #19 If using the wok method, crumble one dried red chile into the oil as it is heating.
Step #20 When the oil is hot, fry the falafel patties until golden.
Step #21 Flip & fry the other side.
Step #22 remove this from the oil, drain & serve.
Step #23 Either serve the falafel as part of a Middle Eastern platter including some baba ganouj, tomatoes, hummus, lettuce, tabouleh, green onions & pita.
Step #24 Or, drop in two patties, make up a sauce using tahini & hot sauce, spread the tahini paste in the pita, slice the top off, cover with lettuce, warm a pita bread, tomatoes & green onions.
Step #25 Either a great snack or a main meal.
Step #26 --.
Enjoy the MARK'S VERY OWN FRIED RICE recipe