Yummy.

A few months ago I bought this book called "Crops in Pots" (not to be mistaken for Crops of Pot). It's a pretty cool book. It has a bunch of information about growing edible (and non-edible) things in pots. Bet you couldn't figure that one out from the title. I thought it would be good to have that kind of info around since I don't expect to have a garden anytime soon. At least I could grow things in pots, right? Wrong. You have to have a place to put them, and for whatever reason that place has to get a pretty fair amount of light. We have none of the above in our apartment. However, this book has still proved worthwhile. It has several projects set up with instructions of what to plant, in what, with what...and what to do with it. Every project has a recipe that uses something that you planted if you did the project. So, until we have a garden (or a place for pots), I have cookbook. So coming to you courtesy of said cookbook is a recipe for Falafel. YUM!

Blend
1 can chick peas
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
2 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp mild chili powder
2 Tbs garlic chives (chopped)
2 Tbs mint (chopped)
3 Tbs chopped coriander
2 oz. bread crumbs

Flatten spoonfuls of mixture into cakes and fry in batches in 1/2 in vegetable oil for about 3 minutes, turning once, until golden.

Notes: I did not have fresh herbs and seasoning, dried stuff works just fine. I didn't use 3 cloves of garlic because we didn't have any on hand, nor did we have garlic chives, nor did I feel the need to announce to the entire hall by way of smell that we ate greek food. So a liberal amount of garlic powder did the trick. I also only used half an onion because that's what we had and it was still quite tasty and less stinky.

As far as bread crumbs go...I am fairly certain it is talking about the weight kind of oz. (why do they have to call liquid oz and dry oz both oz. What a pain.) and I don't have any way of measuring that so I guessed. I think I guessed wrong because my falafels were kind of mushy, so make sure they are good and bready. If not they still taste good.

Finally, frying in that much oil isn't really necessary. I tried it and they just fell apart. (Maybe due to the lack of bread crumbs) but you can pan fry them in a few Tbs oil just as well. I might try baking them next time to see if it works. It would be a bit healthier.

All told. I thought it was a tasty delight. We had it on flat bread with lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, feta and homemade tsasiki sauce. (I just chop some cucumber up really small, mix it with some plain yogurt and mint. Delish)

So go eat some yummy food!