Hello, I’m Kate. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make falafel or taamia recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. Nowadays, I am going to make it a bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Falafel or Taamia Recipe
Falafel or Taamia is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Falafel or Taamia is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook falafel or taamia using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Falafel or Taamia:
- Take 4 cups dried fava beans, split, dried and skinless
- Take 3 teaspoons cumin powder
- Take 2 teaspoons dried coriander
- Get ground chili pepper
- Get pepper
- Make ready 2 teaspoons baking powder
- Get 1 large onion, finely grated
- Make ready 5 garlic cloves, crushed
- Get 5 scallions, finely grated
- Get 1/2 cup parsley leaf, finely chopped
- Get 1/2 cup cilantro, finely chopped
- Get Vegetable oil for frying
- Make ready For the tahini sauce:
- Take 1/2 cup tahini, sesame paste
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- Take 1/4 cup lemon juice
- Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Get 2 tablespoons olive oil
Steps to make Falafel or Taamia:
- Soak the fava bean in cold water for 24 hours to soften them. Remove them from water and let them dry on paper towel.
- Put the dry fava bean in a food processor along with salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, baking powder and chili pepper, and mix them well until they form a smooth paste. Set aside to rest for 30mn.
- Add to the fava paste the onion, scallions, garlic, parsley and cilantro; mix well using your hands.
- Form spoonfuls of the falafel mixture into balls and flatten slightly into patties. Keep the patties aside to rest for around 15 mn.
- For the tahini sauce: in a bowl first combine garlic, tahini, and salt. Then add olive oil, then lemon juice. If it is too thick, you can adjust consistency by adding desired amount of warm water. Chill.
- Heat enough oil in pan to deep fry the falafel patties. Make sure to fry them on both sides. When they become brown on both sides, remove and let them drain on paper towels. Serve hot with the tahini sauce.
- May be served with pita bread and slices of tomatoes.
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