FALAFEL

The blog was getting too meaty so here's my favourite vegetarian recipe. Serves two.


200g (or 250ml) soaked and boiled chickpeas
Small egg
3 tablespoons ground almonds (or fine breadcrumbs)
2 cloves garlic, or more
Half small onion
Plenty of herbs
Salt
Pepper

For the coating and frying:
Ground almonds (or breadcrumbs)
200ml oil, or more


Soak 100ml of dried chickpeas overnight. After boiling you'll have a total of 250ml of beans. Roughly mash them.






Chop the onion and garlic and add to the beans with the egg, ground almonds and spices.




Mix until the falafel is firm. It may be necessary to add more almond.




Form balls and coat them with some more ground almonds.




Fry the falafel in a large amount of oil until evenly brown. You can also deep-fry them but I think that's a waste of oil. Semi-deep-frying is enough for me. Don't use extra virgin olive oil because it burns very easily.




Serve with salad and tzatziki. This is also great with pitta bread, tzatziki and some fresh vegetables, maybe tomato and cucumber.