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Falafel

Falafel

Syrian style, best served in pita

Medium
Categories: Vegetarian
Tags: syrian vegetarian
Falafel

Instructions

  1. 1

    Mix ground chick peas, salt, mint in bowl

  2. 2

    Put baking soda in one corner of chickpeas bowl

  3. 3

    Add lemon juice over baking soda to cause a foaming reaction. Mix into the chickpeas as it foams.

  4. 4

    Heat corn oil in pot on medium high heat until hot and ready for deep frying

  5. 5

    If oil starts smoking, it is burning and won't be good! Let it cool or try again with new oil.

  6. 6

    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

  7. 7

    Flip and wait until they float to the top of the oil

  8. 8

    Scoop out and air dry in a strainer

  9. 9

    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

Original Source

Original file: output/post/2019-08-03-falafel.md

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title: "Falafel"
date: "2019-08-03"
categories: 
  - "recipe"
tags: 
  - "syrian"
coverImage: "5dc5ebc6-f8f4-4d96-89f6-228a6311b09b-scaled.jpeg"
---

## 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)

- ![Falafel 2](images/falafel-img_7319-1024x768.jpg)
    
- ![Falafel 3](images/falafel-img_7328-1024x768.jpg)
    
- ![Falafel 5](images/falafel-img_7325-1024x768.jpg)
    
- ![Falafel 4](images/falafel-img_7324-1024x768.jpg)
    
- ![Falafel 6](images/falafel-img_7327-1024x768.jpg)
    
- ![Falafel 7](images/falafel-img_7330-1024x768.jpg)
    

## History

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

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