Falafel

falafel 

Falafel is a deep-fried ball made from ground chickpeas, fava beans, or with both, served with tahini sauce. Falafel is a traditional Middle Eastern food, usually served in a pita, now is a worldwide recognized food.

Ingredients

For tikki

Boiled chickpeas                       1 cup

Soaked chickpeas                     1 cup

Sesame seeds                          2 tsp

Chopped onions                        1 tbsp

Chopped garlic                          1 tsp

Chopped green chilli                  1 tsp

Salt                                          to taste

Red chilli powder                       ½ tsp

Cumin powder                           ½ tsp

Chopped coriander                    1 tbsp

Oil                                            to fry

For sauce

Tahini paste                              ½ cup

Lemon juice                              ½ no.

Red chilli powder                       1 tsp

For garnish

Sugar cooked plum                   as required

Dill leaves                                as required

Method

To prepare tikki

Take a blender, put soaked and boiled chickpeas and blend it.

boiled and soaked chickpeas 

Remove it in a mixing bowl, add sesame seeds, chopped onions, chopped garlic, chopped green chillies, salt, red chilli powder and mix well.

chickpeas paste 

Add cumin seeds and chopped coriander leaves and mix well.

prepared mixture 

Heat oil in a pan.

Now make tikki’s from this mixture.

tikki

Then deep fry them on high flame till golden brown.

Remove on tissue.

fried tikki 

To prepare sauce

Take tahini paste ( sesame seed paste), add lemon juice, chilli powder mix well.

prepare sauce with tahini paste

For sugar cooked plum

Mix plum with water, sugar and vinegar and cook.

sugar plum and sauce

Arrange tikki and sugar plum on sauce.

arrange falafal on plate