Falafel or Taamia
Falafel or Taamia

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, falafel or taamia. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

How to make falafel from The Taste of Egypt cookbook by Dyna Eldaief. While oil is heating, add desired amount of raw falafel mix into a bowl and add appropriate seasoning. Falafel, or ta'ameya as we call it in Egypt, is an all-time favorite street food. In most parts of the Middle East, falafel is made with ground chickpeas.

Falafel or Taamia is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Falafel or Taamia is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook falafel or taamia using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Falafel or Taamia:
  1. Make ready 4 cups dried fava beans, split, dried and skinless
  2. Take 3 teaspoons cumin powder
  3. Take 2 teaspoons dried coriander
  4. Make ready ground chili pepper
  5. Get pepper
  6. Get 2 teaspoons baking powder
  7. Make ready 1 large onion, finely grated
  8. Take 5 garlic cloves, crushed
  9. Take 5 scallions, finely grated
  10. Take 1/2 cup parsley leaf, finely chopped
  11. Get 1/2 cup cilantro, finely chopped
  12. Get Vegetable oil for frying
  13. Prepare For the tahini sauce:
  14. Take 1/2 cup tahini, sesame paste
  15. Prepare 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  16. Make ready 1/4 cup lemon juice
  17. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
  18. Get 2 tablespoons olive oil

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Steps to make Falafel or Taamia:
  1. Soak the fava bean in cold water for 24 hours to soften them. Remove them from water and let them dry on paper towel.
  2. 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.
  3. Add to the fava paste the onion, scallions, garlic, parsley and cilantro; mix well using your hands.
  4. Form spoonfuls of the falafel mixture into balls and flatten slightly into patties. Keep the patties aside to rest for around 15 mn.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. May be served with pita bread and slices of tomatoes.

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