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Apr 20, 2021 | How to make a light and crunchy falafel recipe for the best falafel sandwich. Crunchy vegetarian chickpea balls. | Views on YouTube: 3,117,112
For a full list of the ingredients and the method of preparation and cooking in both Arabic and English, please click here and then click of ‘show more’.
How to make a light and crunchy falafel recipe for the best falafel sandwich. Crunchy vegetarian chickpea balls.
Ingredients:
Two cups of chickpeas
Soak in water for 12 hours or longer.
Drain the water.
Onion
One fourth [a quarter] of a cup of parsley [and] coriander
Four sliced garlic cloves
Mix it! Blend ! Adding a little water.
1 tsp of coriander
1 tsp of cumin
One fourth [a quarter] of a tsp of baking soda
Salt to taste
Mix everything!
Shape the falafel, using a mold or hands, press ing on the sides
Poke a hole in the center
Use hot cooking oil on medium heat
Method:
As shown in the video.
For the recipe and cooking instructions in Arabic, click here.
Photo of fattoush, or bread salad, courtesy of Google Images
YNET NEWS: Country's Industrialists Association says Jewish state trying to claim ownership of traditional Lebanese delicacies like tabouleh and hummus, plans international food-related suit
Lebanon is planning on filing an international law suit against Israel for violating a food copyright, Fadi Abboud, president of the Lebanese Industrialists Association, told the al-Arabiya network.
The Lebanese claim is that Israel markets original Lebanese food like tabouleh, kubbeh, hummus, falafel and fattoush which the Lebanese considered their trademarks prior to the establishment of the Jewish state.
Abboud explained that the fact that Israel has been marketing Lebanese delicacies under the same names and ingredients around the world has caused great losses to Lebanon, and that while, “the full extent is unknown, it is estimated at tens of millions of dollars annually.” Lebanon: Israel Stole Our Falafel >>> Roee Nahmias | October 6, 2008
