Tofu Tuesday #38

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Easy Falafel
recipe found HERE

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:
* 1 15 oz. can chickpeas, drained
* 1 medium onion, finely chopped
* 1 tablespoon minced garlic
* 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
* 1 teaspoon coriander
* 3/4 teaspoon cumin
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 tablespoons flour
* oil for frying (canola or vegetable)

Preparation:

Combine chickpeas, garlic, onion, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper (to taste) in medium bowl. Add flour and combine well.

Mash chickpeas, ensuring to mix ingredients together. You can also combine ingredients in a food processor. You want the result to be a thick paste.

Form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a ping pong ball. Slightly flatten.

Fry in 2 inches of oil at 350 degrees until golden brown (2-5 minutes).

Serve falafel by itself, or with hot pita bread with veggies, hummus, or tahini sauce.

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So this was my first ever experience with falafel. It's mostly because it's not a "normal" American food and I have little experience when we go outside that realm of food. But I've been trying to become more adventurous with my eating and with baby steps I'm getting there.

My thought is this -

Falafel is GOOD!

Oh it was yummy! I was very pleasantly surprised by this one. Now I didn't actually make this as my friend and I got together for dinner with the kids while our husbands were away and she made it, but I ate it so it counts. ;) I do want to make this again.

She made a sauce to go on it. I'm not sure if it is one of the ones listed as being good with it. I just know it had Greek yogurt, cucumber, and garlic and whatnot in it. I liked it a lot actually and I am REALLY not a condiment person. Actually I'm a ketchup and that's basically all kind of person. Yeah. The only thing that turned me off of it were the chunks in it, but I was told to finely shred the cucumber and this should fix that texture thing. Most of the things I don't like are due completely to texture rather than taste. So it's nice to find little ways around them. And I was also told that I could pick up some Tzatziki sauce at the grocery store (which I located tonight) and use that.