Falafel 

There are days when you would want to eat simple yet easy and tasty vegetarian food. 

I am personally fond of Lebanese food, and a very important reason is the simplicity of the recipes.

Tried my hands on Falafel and Tahini. Sharing the recipes with you. 

This recipe takes around 30 minutes (with chickpeas soaked overnight)

Ingredients:

2 cups chickpeas (soaked overnight in cold water)
1 cup chopped fresh coriander 
1 cup chopped fresh mint leaves 
1tbspn chopped green chillies 
1 tbspn cumin seeds 
2 tbspn crushed coriander seeds
1 tbspn turmeric powder 
1 tbspn olive oil 
1 tbspn baking powder 
Salt and pepper for seasoning 

Recipe:

• Grind the soaked chickpeas into fine paste 
• Mix all the ingredients in a bowl
• With wet hands, create small patties from the mixture 
• Deep fry till golden brown/ shallow fry in little olive oil

Serve this hot with Tahini (recipe enclosed below)

Tahini 

Tahini is a paste made of ground sesame seeds which is used in many far east recipes. 

This is a traditional recipe which is very simple to make with a blender or a food processor. 

It takes just 10 minutes to prepare this dip. 

Ingredients:

2tbspn sesame seeds
1/2 tbspn sesame oil
1/4 tbspn salt for seasoning
1/4 cup tepid water

Recipe:

• Place sesame seeds in a blender and grind until smooth
• Add sesame oil and salt for seasoning
• Process until combined
• With the blender running , add water in a slow and steady stream and blend until smooth

Hope you like it!!

Happy Eating :)

Latkes

So continuing my recipes from the potato festival, sharing another very easy and tasty snack. 

Serves 4 
Preparation time is about 30 minutes 

Ingredients:

• 1.5 kg potatoes 
• Oil
• 1 egg, beaten
• 2 tbspn plain flour
• Salt and crushed black pepper for seasoning

Recipe:

• Wash, peel and coarsely grate the potatoes. Rinse, drain thoroughly and wrap in a tea towel. squeeze out the excess moisture and transfer the potatoes in a bowl
• Mix the grated potato with 1tbspn oil and beaten egg. Season with salt and crushed black pepper and gently stir in the plain flour
• Make round flat cakes, using 2 tbspn of mixture for each and shaping with floured hands
• Shallow fry the pancakes in a large pan until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels once done. 

  Goes well with Dips, tomato sauce, chilli sauce 

Happy Eating :)
 

Hash Brown

Recently had a potato festival at home. Everyday an interesting potato recipe. 

So here I bring to you my yummilicious potato recipes.  

Serves 4
Total cooking time 30 minutes 

Ingredients:

• 800 g Potatoes 
• Butter 

Recipe:

• Peel and steam/ boil potatoes until tender. 
• Once cooked, drain, cool, chop coarsely and season with salt and crushed black pepper
• Place the seasoned potatoes in a plate and flat it out so that it becomes like a flat disc 
• Heat generous amount of  butter in a large heavy base frying -pan 
• Place the flattened potato into the frying - pan. Cook over medium - low heat for 5-7 minutes, or until a crust forms on the bottom. Be careful here not to burn. Shake the pan gently to prevent sticking
• Turn the hash brown with a large spatula. Cook for another 4-5 minutes or until browned and crisp. 
• Remove from the pan and drain on paper towels      

Your Hash Brown is ready. It goes well with mustard sauce, tomato sauce, chilli sauce or cheezy dip

Happy Eating :)