FALAFEL[90]

Our non fried healthy version of the falafel.

Food from the middle eastern cuisine which can be eaten with a salad or as a starter or in a pita bread as a main meal.
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Friday, May 8, 2015

Ingredients for the Tahini Sauce

1/2 cup – Tahini paste (Readymade or Homemade)
1 cup – Curd (whisked)
1/4 cup – Lemon juice
5 cloves – Garlic (roasted and pounded)

To taste – Salt
OR
Tahini Paste (Homemade)

Ingredients
2 cups - White sesame seeds (roasted lightly)
1/4 cup - Olive oil

To taste – Salt

Ingredients for Chilli Sauce
4 pcs - Dried Kashmiri chillies
3 pcs - Garlic
To taste -Salt

(makes 20 rounds)
Ingredients for the Falafel
1/2 cup - Quinoa (Rinse in cold running water for a minute or until the water runs clear, as it removes the bitterness in the quinoa.

Bring 2 1/2 cups of water to boil,and put the quinoa in it. Stir it a few times, then cover and simmer it for 20 minutes, until all of the water has been absorbed,and the quinoa is cooked al dente)

1 1/2 cup - # Ground pulses (soak it for 4 to 6 hours)
1 pc - Onion (chop finely)
5 cloves - Garlic (chop finely)
10 pcs - Spinach (chop finely)
1 1/2 Tbsp - Lime juice
To taste - Salt
To taste - Pepper
3 Tbsp - Paneer
1 pc - Green chili (chop finely)
3 Tbsp - Cheese (grated)
10 pcs - French beans (chop finely)
3 Tbsp - Yellow bell pepper (chop finely)
Extra virgin olive oil (for cooking the falafel rounds)
# Ground pluses -> Grind mung dal, chilka mung dal, green chana in equal quantities and store in the refrigerator to use as and when required
To roll the falafel rounds in
Milk
Breadcrumbs - blend the non toasted bread slices in the blender

For Garnishing

Cabbage leaves (chop finely)
Tomato (chop finely)
Parsley (chop finely)
Lettuce leaves (chop finely)

For Assembling
5 pcs - Pita bread (cut it into halves horizontally, pry open with the knife so as to form a pocket) (toast or bake lightly just before assembling)

Tahini Sauce
Red Chilli Sauce
Falafel Rounds
Garnishings

Method for the Tahini Sauce
Blend the tahini sauce with whisked curd and then add the lemon juice, garlic and salt.
Blend once more.
It can be stored in the refrigerator for a few days.
The left over sauce or paste can be used in Salads, Sandwiches or Dips.
Or
Method for the Tahini Paste
Blend the sesame seeds, olive oil, salt and store in the refrigerator to use as and when required.

Method for the Chilli Sauce
Deseed and soak the chillies for half an hour.
Blend it with the garlic.
Add salt and use whenever required.
Can be stored for a week.

Method for the Falafel Rounds

Mix quinoa, pulses, onion, garlic, spinach, lime juice, salt, pepper, paneer, green chili, cheese, french beans, yellow bell pepper and shape into balls.
Roll them first in the milk, then in the bread crumbs and cook in paniharan with the help of a little olive oil.

Assembling
Put some tahini and the red chilli sauce at the bottom of the toasted pita.
Then stuff 1- 2 rounds (crushed lightly by hand) in it.
Top with the tahini and chilli sauce, cabbage, tomato, parsley and lettuce leaves.
Serve immediately.
Yummy!!