Falafel

[Tim Campbell]

Had a hankering for good falafel. So I made some. Indoor cook on this one except for the pitas.

Made the mix. This was a pretty basic recipe. One cup quality chickpeas soaked for about 15 hours. A ton of herbs, cumin, ground coriander seed, garlic, cayenne. I'm out of sambal oelek; hence, the cayenne. Some scallions and salt, too. Rested in fridge for ~ 1 hour.



Fresh pitas.


Fried at about 375°.




Wrapped with cuke, tomatoes, feta, hummus and tahini. Served alongside some pilaf that didn't make the shot. Really wish I had that sambal, too.


Tasty stuff. Thanks for looking.

Tim

 

[Brett-EDH]

Chips! You must add French fries (chips) for that authentic experience. Those look great.

You can cheat the soaking method by boiling a bunch of water and then place the dried chickpeas in the boiled water (shut the heat source off), cover them and let sit one hour. Rinse and wash 2-3 times and then your chickpeas are hydrated for the food processor.

 

[Tim Campbell]

Chips! You must add French fries (chips) for that authentic experience. Those look great.

You can cheat the soaking method by boiling a bunch of water and then place the dried chickpeas in the boiled water (shut the heat source off), cover them and let sit one hour. Rinse and wash 2-3 times and then your chickpeas are hydrated for the food processor.

Yeah, I've done that, too. This is a more hands-off approach. Rancho Gordo beans.

 

[Andy Kaminski]

I’ve never had that before.
That looks really good.

 

[Darryl - swazies]

Looks better than what my local shawarma place deals out.........
They also offer them in a pita, nice touch.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

I used to get falafel from a little joint here, the chef had been chef at the Lebanese embassy, that’s been thirty some years ago and I’ve never had one that was close to as good as hers!

 

[Tony Coloma]

When I waa Vegan (ahhggggh), I ate a lot of falafel and pita. Homemade and freshly done is the best. Clean oil too. Not packed too hard. Well done sir. How long to fry?

 

[ChuckO]

Check Tim out bringing International Cuisine to the forum. Nicely done Tim!

 

[Barb D]

Tim never had that, but it does look interesting. That's for sharing.

 

[Timothy F. Lewis]

They can be really delightful or like little pucks of misery. I’ve been lucky…most of the time.

 

[Tim Campbell]

When I waa Vegan (ahhggggh), I ate a lot of falafel and pita. Homemade and freshly done is the best. Clean oil too. Not packed too hard. Well done sir. How long to fry?

Thanks, Tony. It was about 5 minutes per batch. 8 at a time.

 

[Tim Campbell]

Check Tim out bringing International Cuisine to the forum. Nicely done Tim!

Lol, Chuck. I'm a regular cosmopolitan

 

[Tim Campbell]

Tim never had that, but it does look interesting. That's for sharing.

Thanks, Barb!