Hummus & Falafel

Hummus and falafel 

Hummus

Falafel

- hummus is a classic among Middle Eastern delicacies and goes great with falafel as well and it's a favorite at my household ❤

Recipe: 

1) Soak two big cups of chickpeas / kabuli Channa overnight

2) take half the soaked Channa and boil in pressure cooker for hummus, and the other half is used for falafels

Falafel 

Ingredients

1) 1 onion chopped, 

2) 4 garlic pods, 

3) 1 Bunch parsley leaves chopped (if coriander leaves are available you can use that instead too), 

4) jeera seeds 1 tablespoon,

5) salt, 

6) a little soda(to make them fluffy, optional) 

7) overnight soaked chickpeas/ channa

Method

1) In a mixer add 1 to 6 from ingredients and run the mixer.

2) Lastly, add to this mix, the soaked chickpeas/Channa and run the mixer again to get a coarsely ground mix. 

3) Shape these into little balls and deep fry to a golden brown (do not add water) 

Frying the falafels

Falafel

4) Hummus - 

Ingredients

1) white sesame seeds - 4 tablespoon (white till seeds), 

2) garlic 4 pods, 

3) boiled & strained Channa 

4) juice of 1 lemon, 

5) salt to season

6) 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 

Method

1) In a mixer add all the ingredients listed above and blend (do not add water, use additional olive oil if needed) - hummus is ready!  

2) Once you transfer it to a bowl add 1 tablespoon of olive oil on top so it does not dry out. You can sprinkle some paprika powder if you like. 

And just like that a classic hummus and falafel is ready to be served!! 

There is a certain joy in making dishes from scratch without the use of store bought sauces and canned products and you feel so good to serve it to your family!