This is a wonderful dish I uploaded 10 years back, It was a great recipie then and its still a great recipie now. I made it for my boyfox for dinner since he'd never had Falafel and when looking up my recipie I noticed how bad the orriginal picture was and again felt I should re upload it with the new camera and a fresh batch.

So I hope you and  ~faccc2 to try it and enjoy


Falafel

Ingredients


1 1/2 cups dried chickpeas (garbanzo beans; about 12 ounces)
2 cups chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
5 garlic cloves, peeled
1 onion, quartered
1 leek, trimmed and cut into 3 pieces
6 tablespoons olive oil, divided

Yogurt-Tahini Dip
1/2 cup plain 2% reduced-fat Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons tahini
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 garlic clove, minced

8 (6-inch) pitas, cut in half (I used tortillas in this picture simply because I kept fortetting to get pita at the store)

Preparation

Sort and wash chickpeas; place in a large bowl. Cover with water to 2 inches above beans. Cover; let stand 8 hours. Drain.

Combine chickpeas, cilantro, and next 8 ingredients (cilantro though leek) in a food processor; process until mixture resembles coarse meal. Divide chickpea mixture into 16 equal portions, shaping each into a 1/2-inch-thick patty.

Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick skillet. Add 5 patties; cook 3 minutes on each side or until golden. Repeat procedure twice with remaining oil and patties.

Prepare sauce, combine yogurt, tahini, lemon juice, salt, and garlic, stirring with a whisk untill combined.

Spread one good table spoon full of tahini sauce into pita pocket, add a good butter letuce leaf or two and a slice or two of tomato, then add one or more of the falafel patties to your pocket

you can drizzle on more of the tahini sauce at this point if you like it it very tastey