Falafel

Falafel, cucumber, onion, tomato and ranch dressing on a tomato basil tortilla.

My boyfriend has been BEGGING me for around a month now to make falafel. It's not that i didn't want to make it, i just didn't think i was going to particularly like it very much. Turns out i LOVE falafel. It's like delicious fried goodness. I really don't know how to describe it, honestly, it just tastes good. And as a plus, this is so easy to make! If you have a food processor at least, which i don't...
At the start of this we just thought "Oh the blender and food processor are generally used interchangeably." NO. We almost broke our blender! It was smoking and everything! My grandfather successfully made homemade horseradish sauce with our blender but it couldn't take cooked chick peas? What?! Ugh. We ended up grinding the chick peas up in small batches in our tiny, tiny 1 cup food chopper. Pain in my butt! Anyways, i'll stop my complaining and get to the recipe, because i seriously recommend you making this!


Falafel Recipe
(this is a decently small batch, suitable serving for 2-3 people)

Ingredients:
1 cup chick peas, cooked
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 small onion
2 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp cummin
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/2 tsp chili flakes
1/2 tsp italian seasoning
salt and pepper, to taste
1 tbsp bread crumbs
1 tsp lemon juice
dash paprika
1/2 tsp garlic powder
dash onion powder
dash seasoned salt

Directions:

• Once your chick peas are cooked, put all ingredients in food processor and grind until it reaches a thick paste. Form into ping pong sized balls, then slightly flatten. Fry in 350 degree oil until browned.