Falafel

  • 1 lb dry garbanzo beans
  • 2 t baking soda
  • 2 slices bread
  • ¼ c chopped parsely
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled
  • ¼ c cracked wheat
  • 1 t salt
  • 2 t coriander
  • 2 t cumin
  • 2 t paprika
  • ½ t black pepper
  • 2 T bread crumbs
  • oil for frying

    Soak beans overnight in 10 cups of water and the baking soda. Drain and grind in an electric grinder. Set in a large mixing bowl.

    Wet the bread under running water then squeeze and grind with the garlic and parsley. Add to the ground beans.

    Soak the cracked wheat for 20 minutes in hot water and drain. Add the wheat, seasonings and bread crumbs to ground beans. Mix well.

Form into small slightly flattened balls.

Deep fry until golden brown on both sides.