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Falafel recipe

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Cuisine: Lebanese

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Ingredients

1 cup dried split fava beans, soaked overnight
1 cup dried chickpeas, soaked overnight
1 small onion, finely chopped
1/3 cup flat-leaf parsley, minced
1/2 bunch fresh coriander
4 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1 tsp Lebanese 7 spice powder. –cloves, cumin, cinnamon, all spice (pimento), black pepper, white pepper, nutmeg
3 tablespoons water
Pure olive oil or canola oil, for frying

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Preparation

Drain and rinse the favas and chickpeas and put them in a food processor.

Add the onion, parsley, coriander, garlic, baking powder, salt, cumin and crushed red pepper. Pulse, scraping down the side of the bowl, to form a coarse paste.

Add the water and process until the mixture is gritty but fine and brilliant green.

Scrape the paste into a bowl.

In a medium saucepan, heat 5 cm of oil to 350 degrees.

Scoop rounded tablespoons of the falafel mixture into the hot oil and fry in small batches until browned and crisp, about two minutes.

Drain on paper towels set over a wire rack and serve hot, with tahina mixed with yoghurt and a little paprika.

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02 Jan 2009 09:55 AEST

Su-Ann

Beaumaris

Fluffy and wholly satisfying! Have made these several times now

Excellent recipe. I got all my ingredients, including falafel press, from Oasis bakery on North Rd, Murrumbeena, VIC. I also substituted some of the fava beans for green lentils, and added 1/2 cup sesame seeds (inspired by Wallah's falafels in Carlisle St). They are such tasty and wholesome morsels of goodness. Not as salty as ones in restaurants, so you can have more. They also keep well and can be reheated under a grill.

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