Yummy Falafel

Name: Yummy Falafel
Ingredients: 2 cups chickpeas (garbanzo beans) cooked, 1 pound; 13 cup water; 1 tablespoon flour, unbleached all-purpose; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 each eggs beaten; 2 tablespoons parsley leaves chopped; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon cumin ground; 1/2 teaspoon turmeric ground; 1/4 teaspoon basil dried; 1/4 teaspoon marjoram dried; 8 each pita bread rounds; 1/2 cup onions chopped; 1 each tomatoes diced; 1 cup lettuce shredded

16 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

2 cups chickpeas (garbanzo beans) cooked, 1 pound
13 cup water
1 tablespoon flour, unbleached all-purpose
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 each eggs beaten
2 tablespoons parsley leaves chopped
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cumin ground
1/2 teaspoon turmeric ground
1/4 teaspoon basil dried
1/4 teaspoon marjoram dried
8 each pita bread rounds
1/2 cup onions chopped
1 each tomatoes diced
1 cup lettuce shredded

Directions

1

Grind the chickpeas through the coarse blade of a meat grinder or in the container of a food processor.
2

Add the remaining ingredients, with the exception of the last 6 ingredients.
3

Mix well.
4

The mixture will be soft.
5

Preheat the oven, form the mixture into 1 inch balls, coat with the flour and fry, in a basket, four or five at a time, in the hot oil.
6

The balls rise to the surface and are light brown when cooked.
7

This takes about 2 minutes.
8

Drain on paper towels.
9

Serve in whole wheat pita halves with chopped onion, tomato, and shredded lettuce.