Original Veggie-Burger: Falafel

Name: Original Veggie-Burger: Falafel
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Contemporary Global Halal Fusion
Ingredients: 4 cup chickpeas; 4 tbsp tahini; 0.333 cup minced flat leaf parsley; 4 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp curry powder; 2 eggs; 2 tbsp halal-certified soy sauce; 2 tbsp olive oil

Chickpeas, tahini and parsley come together in these burgers, fragrant with curry powder and cooked in a pan. Serve with tahini sauce.

30 min · Serves 8 · Easy

Method

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Time: Prep 15 min · Cook 15 min · 30 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Drain and rinse the chickpeas (if they are canned, 4 cups = 2 cans) and put them, along with all the other ingredients, in a blender or food processor. (The paste needs to be thick enough to hold up as a patty, so if you have to use less liquid, that's okay.) Pulse, scraping down the side of the bowl, to form a coarse paste. Scrape the paste into a bowl.
2
In a nonstick frying pan, heat the olive oil. Scoop a couple of tablespoons of the falafel mixture into your hands and smooth down to form a small patty (larger patties can be too crumbly--small is better). Place a few patties in the pan and fry in small batches, turning halfway through cooking, until browned and crisp and cooked through. Drain on paper towels and serve with tahini sauce (tahini, garlic, salt, olive oil, lemon juice, water). Also delicious cold in a pita sandwich with cucumbers and tomatoes.