Falafel

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1 can chick peas
1/2 cup matzah meal or bread crumbs
2 tbst flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 med onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp cumin
salt
pepper
1 tsp tabasco sauce

Put chick peas in food processor and pulse till it's mushed up. Put in a mixing bowl.

Put onion and garlic into food processor and chop up.
Add it to the mixing bowl.

Add remaining ingredients and knead the mixture.

Make into small patties and fry in a non-stick frying pan.

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haha

that's dinner tonite for us !

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I liked it so much. Not to toot my own horn, but it was the best falafel I've ever eaten! It didn't have any of that horrible aftertaste and tasted the way I always expect falafel to taste like, but never does.

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I'm not sure. This was my first time making them. Maybe if you sprayed them completely with oil it would work.

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Posted: Mon, Apr 07 2008, 5:41 pm Post subject: re: Falafel

What if anything can be substituted for tabasco sauce? Thank you

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I don't think it really needs it, but I used a pepper sauce that I had.

Overall, I don't think it'll make or break anything.

I think the onions, garlic, and cumin provides most of the flavor.

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we always bake

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how did the baked falafel come out chocolate?

btw, ur name makes me hungry 8)

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We ended up eating OUT. It's in the freezer for another night.

But we've had it before and really liked it !

Posted: Tue, Apr 08 2008, 12:37 pm Post subject:

about how many balls can you get?
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Moderator Joined: Dec 26 2005 Age: 33 Posts: 11430

You've made falafel from scratch and baked it in the oven and it came out fine?

(I'm not talking about the kind that you can buy frozen).

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I have baked the frozen, yes, and I've made the kind from the bag frid, on the stove. I hve not baked that kind, though.

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Ok, so to be clear, you have never baked falafel that you made from scratch? You are talking about the kind that you buy?

Posted: Tue, Apr 08 2008, 1:14 pm Post subject:

Can I used baked beans? I have so many cans! (can I use BBQ sauce instead of Tabasco?)
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Posted: Thu, May 15 2008, 7:59 pm Post subject: re: Falafel

I just made the falafel balls tonight and they were very good, but I had to add more flour because the first batch fell apart and yes, the oil was hot enough.

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I made these tonight, and they were so delicious and easy! Making falafel from scratch was something I never imagined doing in my life, but DS has allergies, so he can't have the ready made, or even from the mix, so I replaced the breadcrumbs with cornflake crumbs, and the flour with buckwheat pancake mix, and they were a million times better than the osem mix. The only thing is that in the middle they started crumbling...The first 10 were perfect, the next few started falling apart, so I cleaned out the oil a bit, added more, and made it hotter, and the last few were fine as well, so not sure what happened in the middle there.
Thanks, Defy - this is a recipe that is definitely going into the recipe book permanently.