Falafel ( traditional middle- eastern snacks , this recipe has my take in this time )
Ingredients -
(about 2 cups) dry chickpeas/garbanzo beans
1 small onion, roughly chopped
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
3-5 cloves garlic (I prefer roasted)
1 1/2 tbsp flour
salt - to taste
2 tsp cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1/4 tsp black pepper
dry roasted red chili 2nos
cardamom - 3 whole pieces
Vegetable oil for frying
1 tsp dry roasted seasame
1/4th of dry coconut
RECIPE -
Pour the chickpeas into a large bowl and cover them by about 3 inches of cold water. Let them soak overnight.
Drain and rinse the garbanzo beans well. Pour them into your food processor along with the chopped onion, garlic cloves, parsley, flour, salt, cumin, ground coriander, black pepper, red chili , coconut , seasame seeds and cardamom.
make a rough coarse mix of the ingredients , make them into medium size round balls
fill the pan 1/4 th with vegetable oil , let it smoke it medium heat , when oil is hot enough put the falafels in oil fry then golden brown each sides .
take them out in dry napkin to soak up excess oil
serve with tahini sauce or green coriander chutney
or put inside a bread with cucumber salad & chutney
serve hot