Felafel Recipe

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Felafel Recipe


Ingredients:

4 cups cooked chickpeas (2cups, soaked 1.5 hours, boiled until very soft)
2 beaten eggs
3 cloves garlic (crushed)
1/2 cup *each*, finely minced, celery and scallions
1/2 tsp ground cumin
3 Tbs tahini
1/2 tsp tumeric
3 Tbs flour
1/4 tsp cayenne, dash black pepper
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1.5 tsp salt

Instructions:

Mash chickpeas well (make sure they are cooked well enough to be mashable).
Combine with other ingredients. Chill well.
With floured hands, make the batter into one-inch-diameter balls.
Dust each one lightly with flour.
Heat a two inch pool of oil in heavy skillet to 365 degrees.
Deep fry felafel until golden brown, serve immediately.
My Modifications:
I usually use 1-2 tsp of cayenne because I like them spicy.
I usually heat the oil in my wok and then drop the batter into the wok
by spoonfuls. Don't put too many in the wok at a time or the temp.
will drop.
I peel, seed and slice cucumber, cube tomato and grab a bunch of
alfalfa sprouts and tuck them into a pita with some ranch dressing

From: hammond@odin.scd.ucar.edu (Steve Hammond)
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1993 17:22:50 GMT
This recipe is from page 140 of the Moosewood Cookbook, by M. Katzen
I have made it many times and the felafel are great.
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