Recipes/Falafel

Ingredients

• 1.25 cups dried chickpeas
• 1/2 cup chopped onions
• 1/4 cup packed fresh parsely leaves
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 2 tsp ground cumin
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp ground red pepper
• 2 tbsp all purpose flour
• vegetable oil

sauce:

• 1/4 cup tahini
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
• pinch of salt

for serving:

• pita breads (~4)
• thinly sliced crisp lettuce, washed and dried
• tomato slices
• crushed red pepper

Directions

• Pick over and rise and soak the dry chickpeas
• Drain thoroughly, place in a food processor, and finely chop
• Add onion, parsely, garlic, cumin, salt, coriander, baking soda, ground red pepper
• Process until mixture is coarsely pureed
• Remove to bowl and stir in flour
• Form chickpea mixture with wt hands into 4 patties, about 3 inches in diameter
• Let stand 15 minutes
• pour 1/2 inch veggie oil into deep skillet
• Fry chickpea patties until golden brown on both sides
• Drain on paper towels

• Stir together tahini, cold water, lemon juice, salt to make serving sauce
• Heat pita bread in oven for 10 minutes
• Distribute lettuce and tomato into pita bread, then add falafel and drizzle tahini, add crushed red pepper