Falafel and Cucumber Sauce
Ingredients
1 onion, chopped
30 g fresh parsley
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 egg
4 g ground cumin
2 g ground coriander
6 g salt
1 dash pepper
0.2 g cayenne pepper
5 ml lemon juice
3 g baking powder
15 ml olive oil
110 g dry bread crumbs
oil for frying
168 g plain yogurt
0.5 cucumber - peeled, seeded, and finely chopped
1 g dried dill weed
salt and pepper to taste
15 ml mayonnaise
Preparation Method
1. In a large bowl mash chickpeas until thick and pasty; don't use a blender, as the consistency will be too thin. In a blender, process onion, parsley and garlic until smooth. Stir into mashed chickpeas.
2. In a small bowl combine egg, cumin, coriander, salt, pepper, cayenne, lemon juice and baking powder. Stir into chickpea mixture along with olive oil. Slowly add bread crumbs until mixture is not sticky but will hold together; add more or less bread crumbs, as needed. Form 8 balls and then flatten into patties.
3. Heat 1 inch of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry patties in hot oil until brown on both sides.
4. In a small bowl combine yogurt, cucumber, dill, salt, pepper and mayonnaise. Chill for at least 30 minutes.
Source: Used with permission from http://allrecipes.com/Default.aspx
