Have you ever made Falafel? If not, then now is your chance to try! If you have cooked it before, you can share your wisdom and cook along too. The idea of the Cookalong is that members cook a classic or traditional recipe within a certain timescale and share their experience. Its a bit of fun and a chance to learn. Please join in!
In case you are not familiar with Falafel, it is a very popular vegetarian dish in Egypt and Israel. Falafel are traditionally made by soaking dried chick peas and/or dried broad beans overnight, then blitzing or grinding them to a grainy pulp with the addition of herbs and/or spices. The mixture is then formed into balls and deep fried. They are often served with a yoghurt sauce and pitta bread. I lived in Egypt for a year, many moons ago and can remember eating them freshly cooked from street vendors.
I'll add a basic recipe below. If you google ‘falafel recipe’ you will find no shortage of variations and ideas - but beware, some of them use tinned chick peas. This is not the authentic way to make them and you will end up with quite a different result if you do. In fact, (in my view) it is more difficult to make them from canned chick peas because the mix becomes far too wet and you then need to add flour to bind it.
Please add your comments, photos, experiences to this thread. Closing date midnight Monday 17th July (12am) BST (UCT/GMT+1) Please do say if you are intending to join in!
In case you are not familiar with Falafel, it is a very popular vegetarian dish in Egypt and Israel. Falafel are traditionally made by soaking dried chick peas and/or dried broad beans overnight, then blitzing or grinding them to a grainy pulp with the addition of herbs and/or spices. The mixture is then formed into balls and deep fried. They are often served with a yoghurt sauce and pitta bread. I lived in Egypt for a year, many moons ago and can remember eating them freshly cooked from street vendors.
I'll add a basic recipe below. If you google ‘falafel recipe’ you will find no shortage of variations and ideas - but beware, some of them use tinned chick peas. This is not the authentic way to make them and you will end up with quite a different result if you do. In fact, (in my view) it is more difficult to make them from canned chick peas because the mix becomes far too wet and you then need to add flour to bind it.
Please add your comments, photos, experiences to this thread. Closing date midnight Monday 17th July (12am) BST (UCT/GMT+1) Please do say if you are intending to join in!