4/29/2008

Falafel!

Ingredients
2 1/2 cups of soaked garbanzo beans
1 cup of chopped onion
3/4 cup of parsley leaves (still whole)
1 tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tablespoon cumin seeds
3 teaspoons sea salt
2 tablespoons egg substitute
2 tablespoons gluten free flour

Directions
Put the garbanzos in a blender & mince till you have a fine crumbly texture.Take out the beans and put in the onion and parsley. Blend till finely minced (but not puree). Slightly roast the coriander and cumin seeds over a low heat in frying pan (just till they start to smell and brown ever so slightly), then grind them. Prepare the egg replacer, 1 tbsp ground flax meal and 1 tablespoon water in the microwave for 1 minute stirring half way through. In a big bowl, place the garbanzos and mix in the spices, the onion with the parsley, and then the egg replacer and flour. Let sit for a while to let flavours blend. Make small patties and fry in medium-hot olive oil till brown on both sides. Place on paper towels to let them drain. Put them in oven so that they may finish cooking on the inside (just in case). PS: These little wonders will never break apart during frying because they have the egg replacer & the flour inside which binds everything together nicely. Also, the inclusion of any oil in any falafel mixture will make the water content and the oil to separate the ingredients and cause trouble.

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