Falaffel

I have always loved middle eastern food. When we go to a middle eastern resturant I often order Falaffel. It’s super delicious, super easy to make and also very inexpensive. a cup of dried chickpeas soacked for at leat 24 hours, a couple cloves of garlic, a small onion and a cup of parsley and you get a very tasty flaffel. A teaspoon each of cumin and corriander, salt and pepper, pulsed in a food processor witha little baking soda and a couple table spoons of flour, to a rough texture. You let it rest for a couple hours, then make gold ball size balls to fry. I fried them in peanut oil at 325 degrees till they were a dark brown exterior. That was perfect. Not oily at all and a beautiful cooked ceter that when eaten in a pita with cucmber, red onion, tomato and lettuce all sauced up with lemon tahini and a bit of toum, you have a bite that is wonderful and delicious.