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Recipes for houmous & falafels

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Fozz
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Hi, I wondered if anyone has good recipes for home made houmous and falafel. My DD has just announced she wants to go veggie and having tried and not liked a shop bought falafel mix, would like to make my own.
Also houmous, I guess that must be really easy to whizz up in a food processor !
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  • davetaylor
    davetaylor Posts: 404 Forumite
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    I've tried to make houmous before, but it never seems to end up like the ones I buy in the shops.
  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    Red Pepper Houmous

    1 seeded and roughly chopped red pepper
    1 large clove of garlic
    400g can chickpeas, drained
    2 tablespoons olive oil
    1 tablespoon lemon juice
    dash of tabasco or other 'hot' sauce
    salt & freshly ground black pepper

    Place ingredients in a food processor and process until reasonably smooth. Season to taste and chill until needed.( I make mine with a stick blender and it works fine) HTH
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  • debbiedebt
    debbiedebt Posts: 224 Forumite
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    I would also like a good recipe for falafel. I buy the Cauldron ones but they are too expensive for a DFW!!!
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  • Fozz
    Fozz Posts: 215 Forumite
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    Thanks for the houmous recipe, it sounds great!

    Have found a felafel recipe, haven't tried it but here goes:

    225g chickpeas, soaked, cooked and drained or 2 425g cans, drained
    1 egg
    1 large onion, chopped
    2 tbsps chopped parsley
    1 clove garlic
    1 tsp each ground coriander and cumin
    pinch chilli pwder
    salt and pepper
    flour, egg and breadcrumbs
    oil for frying

    Mash chickpeas thoroughly, then add egg, onion, parsley, garlic and spices. Mix well and season with salt and pepper. Shape into flat circles about 1 cm thick, coat in flour,egg and breadcrumbs. Shallow fry for 3 mins each side, or deepfry. Drain on kitchen paper. Serve in pitta bread with tomato, cucumber and lemon wedges, or with salad and natural yogurt withfresh herbs or spring onions stirred in.
    If using canned chickpeas you may need to add some fresh breadcrumbs to make the mixture firm enough to shape. This mixture can be frozen before frying.
  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,675 Forumite
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    Hi Fozz,

    There are lots of recipes for humous that might help on this thread:

    Humous recipes please

    Pink
  • debbiedebt
    debbiedebt Posts: 224 Forumite
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    Ellidee I tried your recipe and it's yummy. I didn't have a fresh red pepper so I used one from a jar (Lidl) and because they're a bit oily I didn't add extra oil but added a couple of tsps of tahini instead.

    I'm going to try Fozz's falefel today.
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  • Ellidee
    Ellidee Posts: 6,216 Forumite
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    Well thanks debbie but it's not MY recipe actually but from Joanna Hall's book 'Drop a size in two weeks flat'. Good tip about using a pepper from a jar though must try that. :beer:
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  • patchwork_cat
    patchwork_cat Posts: 5,874 Forumite
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    HI
    The falafels that I have had weren't in crumb- if you didn't want that there is a recipe on video jug http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-make-falafel or Ainsley on BBC ( I also have this one in a book) http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/foolprooffalafelwith.
  • metherer
    metherer Posts: 560 Forumite
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    Fozz - can I ask, how many does your recipe serve?

    Thanks
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  • Ladyhawk
    Ladyhawk Posts: 2,064 Forumite
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    I give up - I have spent thr last hour looking for a falafel recipe on the OS board with no joy. Has anyone got a good one? (recipe that is!)
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