Dad's Favorite Felafel
Dad's Favorite Felafel recipe
Yield
4 servingsPrep
10 minCook
20 minReady
30 minTrans-fat Free, High Fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | cups |
chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
cooked |
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 3 | cloves |
garlic
crushed |
|
| ½ | cup |
scallions, spring or green onions
finely minced |
|
| ½ | cup |
celery
finely minced |
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
cumin
ground |
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
tahini (sesame paste)
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
turmeric
|
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
cayenne pepper
|
|
| 1 | dash |
black pepper
|
*
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
salt
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 946 | ml |
chickpeas (garbanzo beans)
cooked |
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 3 | cloves |
garlic
crushed |
|
| 118 | ml |
scallions, spring or green onions
finely minced |
|
| 118 | ml |
celery
finely minced |
|
| 2.5 | ml |
cumin
ground |
|
| 45 | ml |
tahini (sesame paste)
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
turmeric
|
|
| 45 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1.3 | ml |
cayenne pepper
|
|
| 1 | dash |
black pepper
|
*
|
| 7.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
Directions
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 to 2 teaspoon 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
