Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Falafel Patties with Tahini Sauce

I never knew what falafel was until I searched the Internet for chick pea recipes. Yeah, I'm pretty hopeless, you know. It did cross my mind to make hummus but I thought falafel sounded much more interesting.


And to be honest, ever since I bought that one can of chick peas, I've been wondering what to do with it!


Mash it up.
Mix the onions and spices in.


Instead of balls, I thought I'd make patties instead.


Most recipes call for tahini sauce to go with falafel. Again I had to find out what on earth was 'tahini sauce'.

Sesame paste and olive oil.
But first, I had to make the sesame paste.


From paste to sauce.


Add in the olive oil.


The recipe called for parsley flakes but I had none. So I substituted it with mixed spices. =P


Baked falafels!


Looks authentic enough, don't you think? ;)


Well, I didn't have pita bread so I made very thin omelette wraps instead.


I can't wait to make some more!

But this time, I have dry chickpeas instead, which will require soaking. =S


Recipes I followed:
http://www.simplylifeblog.com/2011/04/baked-falafel-pitas.html
http://veganchickie.com/2010/03/28/oven-baked-falafels/
http://mideastfood.about.com/od/maindishes/r/bakedfalafel.htm

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