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Falafel

What you need: 

1 1/2 cup dried garbanzo beans
3/4 cup cilantro
2 jalapeno peppers
5-7 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon cumin

What you do: 

To serve:
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
4 vegan pita breads with pockets,halved lettuce, tomato, cucumber-chopped & mixed together with a pinch of salt tahini hot sauce (recipe follows)
Directions:
Soak the chick peas overnight. The next day, drain & blend together with the rest of the ingredients in a food processor till fine. Make into small patty shapes & shallow fry with very little oil. (Alternately, you can deep fry, if you can afford all that fat.)
Hot sauce: Put 1 tomato in hot boiling water for 1 min.Drain & peel. Chop roughly. Blend together, very well, with 2 or 3 garlic cloves, 3/4 tsp chilli powder (or chilli paste is better), salt & very little vegan sugar(if desired).
To serve: Break falafel balls into bite size pieces. Mix the salad with some tahini & add in the falafel pieces. (This way,you get the taste of falafel in every bite.) Stuff into the pita pockets & serve with the hot sauce & additional tahini.

Preparation Time: 
20 -30 mins
Cooking Time: 
Servings: 
4-6
Recipe Category: 

SO HOW'D IT GO?

I made these tonight with the addition of a little onion and salt. They tasted great! I will definitely make them again. The hot sauce was terrific also!

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I don't have time to soak them.  Can I cook them without soaking? and how long to cook them?

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