ChickPeas (Part 3 of 3): Falafel Patties

For my last trick I shall make falafel patties out of the remaining chick peas.

Ingredients:
4 or 5 cups of cooked chickpeas
1/2 bunch of fresh parsley
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 a small onion diced
splash of hot sauce
pinch of cumin
pinch of coriander
3 teaspoons of flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
olive oil
salt/pepper
canola oil
pita bread
cucumber yogurt tzatziki sauce(optional)

Directions:
1. Blend the chickpeas, onion, garlic, parsley, olive oil, and spices in a food processor.
2. heat a pan with some canola oil
3. form the patties with your hands like you are making burgers
4. pan fry it in the pan for about 5 minutes, flip, and cook until both sides are toasted and golden.
5. eat it folded between some pita bread and tzatziki sauce.

I haven't made up all the falafel mixture so I dont know how many it will make. My guess is about 15 little patties. I ate three in a sitting. haha

Delish!

ChickPeas (Part 2 of 3): Hummus

So its superbowl weekend and I have a gigantic pot of chick peas...oh what to do...
the answer is hummus people! hummus!

Ingredients:
2 cups of cooked chickpeas
a couple of drizzles of olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
salt
pepper
paprika

Directions:
Blend everything together in a food processor
Dip in with some toasted pita. :)



Yay, for hummus! yay for football! yay for heath miller!

ChickPeas (Part 1 of 3)

I purchased a 20oz bag of dried raw chick peas because it was $1.19 at teeter. This is chapter 1 of how these delicious morsels ended up in my belly.

1. Rinse them clean in a colander
2. Let them soak in a big contianer of water overnight in the fridge. (In the morning they are 3x their original size!)
3. I then cooked them in a big pot of salted water for about an hour.
4. After drained they are a great protein addition to any salad.

Here is what the pot looked like.



(it creeps me out that they actually look like little chick heads)