Falafel with cucumber sauce

Submitted by enr on 23 May 2003
Ingredients
500 g canned chickpeas
1 onion
1/2 bunch parsley
2 cloves garlic
1 egg
1 tbsp cumin
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp (5 g) salt
pinch of pepper
pinch of cayenne pepper
1 tsp (5 ml) lemon juice
1 tsp (5 g) baking powder
1 tbsp (10 ml) olive oil
150 g breadcrumbs
sunflower oil for frying
# Sauce:
200 g yogurt
1/2 cucumber
1 tsp dried dill
1 tbsp mayonnaise
pepper
salt
Falafel with cucumber sauce
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Method
In a large bowl crushing chickpeas mushy. Onions, garlic and parsley very finely chopped, mixed and added to the chickpeas. Egg, cumin and coriander, salt, black and red pepper, lemon juice and baking powder also mix thoroughly. Added to chickpeas and the mixture was stirred while adding the oil. Slowly add breadcrumbs, until it no longer sticks to the walls, but not crumble. There are also balls which were flattened. Fry in preheated oil, so they are immersed purposes, but not to swim. Separately, mix the sauce products, such as cucumber grated very finely. Before presenting the sauce must be stored in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes.
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23 May 2003
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