Ingredients (use vegan versions) :
• 1 ½ cup dried garbanzo beans
• ¾ cup cilantro
• 2 jalapeno peppers
• 5-7 cloves garlic
• ½ teaspoon cumin
Directions :
To serve:
Ingredients (use vegan versions) :
• 4 vegan pita breads with pockets,halved
• lettuce, tomato, cucumber-chopped & mixed together with a pinch of salt
• tahini
• hot sauce (recipe follows)
Directions :
1. Soak the chick peas overnight.
The next day, drain & blend together with the rest of the ingredients
in a food processor till fine.
Make into small patty shapes & shallow fry with very little oil.
(Alternately, you can deep fry, if you can afford all that fat.)
2. Hot sauce :
Put 1 tomato in hot boiling water for 1 min.Drain & peel. Chop
roughly. Blend together, very well, with 2 or 3 garlic cloves, ¾
tsp chilli powder (or chilli paste is better), salt & very little
vegan sugar(if desired).
To serve :
Break falafel balls into bite size pieces. Mix the salad with some
tahini & add in the falafel pieces. (This way,you get the taste of
falafel in every bite.) Stuff into the pita pockets & serve with the
hot sauce & additional tahini.
Serves 4-6
Preparation time: 20 -30 mins.
