Falafel

Ingredients

• 4 cups ground chick peas
• Salt
• 1 tbsp mint
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
• 4-8 cups corn oil

Steps

• Mix ground chick peas, salt, mint in bowl
• Put baking soda in one corner of chickpeas bowl
• Add lemon juice over baking soda to cause a foaming reaction. Mix into the chickpeas as it foams.
• Heat corn oil in pot on medium high heat until hot and ready for deep frying
  • If oil starts smoking, it is burning and won’t be good! Let it cool or try again with new oil.
• Scoop into the hot oil 1.5 inch discs with an indent/hole poked in the middle (with the back of a spoon) for even cooking throughout
• Flip and wait until they float to the top of the oil
• Scoop out and air dry in a strainer
• Serve in a pita with tomatoes, lettuce, parsley, pickled radishes, and sauce (tahini, yoghurt, lemon)

History

Learned to make this from my mother-in-law, Taghrid! – Andrew