I call this "fake falafels" because they are definitely not the real deal! This recipe looks more authentic. I looked at it for ideas. I had falafel mix from Winco that you just have to mix with water and fry up. And that's all the advance planning we did. We just put together the sides that we had, and it ended up DELICIOUS! I give it 5 stars.
falafel mix (1c mix + 3/4 c water, make into little balls like cookie dough, then fry on both sides)
yellow corn tortilla
mayonaise
stone ground mustard
kale
freshly chopped tomato
sauteed onion, minced garlic, and zucchini
homemade french fries
If there were something authentic we wished we'd have had, we definitely would've wanted hummus. But despite our non-authentic sides, it was delicious. The yellow corn tortilla definitely doesn't hold the ingredients as well as a pita would...it tended to break. So pita would've been nice too.
So you just fried it in a pan? You didn't deep fry it? Interesting. I've made falafel before, but we deep-fried it.
ReplyDeleteYep! I would've used a deep fryer but didn't have one, so I just used what I had. It was tasty! But, very important to get the temperature just right. if it's not hot enough, the falafel balls get soaked in oil and fall apart into little mincemeat pieces. Yuck!
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