Falafel
Adapted From: Joy of cooking all about vegetarian cooking pg 44
By Irma S Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker
You’ll need:
1 can pre-cook chickpeas
½ cup chopped onion
¼ cup fresh parsley leaves
2 tsp garlic
2 tsp ground cumin
1 ½ tsp salt
½ tsp ground coriander
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp ground red pepper
2 tbsp flour
Some vegetable oil for frying
Pita bread (1/2 pockets work nice)
Optional toppings: lettuce, tomatoes, and/or sour cream
How to make it:
1. Chop the following ingredients in a food processor: Chickpeas, onion, parsley, garlic, cumin, salt, coriander, baking soda, ground red pepper.
2. This mixture should be processed until it is coarsely pureed.
3. Remove to a bowl and add in the flour
4. Wet your hands and take a handful of the mixture and form into “patties”. The mixture will make about 4 about 3 inches in diameter.
5. Let them stand for about 15 minutes.
6. While the patties ‘stand’ preheat a frying pan with about ½ of oil in it. At this time also pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
7. Fry the patties until they are golden brown, about 4 minutes on each side. P
8. Place on a paper towel to drain
9. Heat pita pockets in oven for about 10 minutes
10. Make your pita sandwich with the toppings you have chosen and your falafel burger
Notes:
Falafel is the original "veggie burger".
It is a popular food that originates in the Middle East.
This recipe take around an hour to put on the table.
It doesn't make a lot of left overs but the cold falafel patties are very good.
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