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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

It's FALAFEL!!

Oh yeah Falafel can be easily made at home.

Ingredients:(makes 40 falafel approximately)

1. 5cups chick peas (soaked the night before )
2. 1/2 onion & 2garlic cloves
3. 1 bunch of parsley and 1/2 bunch of cilantro (optional cilantro )
4. 2 table.s flour
5. 1 tea.s baking powder,salt and cumin
6. sesame seeds (optional)

Method:

1. wash the soaked chick peas and drain from water
2. blend till most of the peas are crushed then add chopped onion and garlic
3. add the parsley and cilantro and spices and baking powder
4. when the texture is smooth add the flour and knead with hands
5. form small balls then press gently to form somehow a disk shape
6. coat with sesame seeds 
7. deep fry on low to medium heat until its done ( 3mints approximately)..
8. serve with pita bread and hummus or tahini with lemon. Enjoy...

# You can fry the amount desired and freeze the rest for later use. Or you can fry the whole batch and then freeze it.

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