Falafel

[my3labs]

I bought some falafel mix in bulk and it didn't come with instructions.
It's the "Casbah" brand. I looked on Casbah's website but didn't see anything. Does anyone have a box on hand that you could look at and tell me what heck I'm supposed to do?

[Fauxmage]

Mix one part of falafel mix with one part of water, let it sit for about 15 minutes or so, then form into balls or patties and fry or bake.

[my3labs]

Thanks Fauxmage. I winged it and they turned out great.

[Fauxmage]

I bet its hard to mess up falafel! :yum:

[my3labs]

Oh, it can be done. I tried making it from scratch last weekend and it was a total failure. This boxed version was much better.

[Fauxmage]

Oh no!

:D I was just dreaming up a different kind of recipe competition, something along the lines of "What's the Worst Thing You can Do with Falafel". :chef:

I don't think I've ever tried to make it from scratch. :rubchin:

[my3labs]

The recipe that I followed smelled fantastic but it just didn't hold up when cooking. The patties fell apart when I was frying them and I darn near caught my kitchen on fire with all of the oil at such a high heat.
I'm really pleased with the mixture that I bought today.
Have you ever dehydrated them? I've been reading quite a bit about raw foods and saw a recipe for raw/dehydrated falafel. It sounded interesting.

[Fauxmage]

I have never done it, but I was just thinking of how they would be if they were dehydrated.

My favorite way to eat them is to prepare a lettuce, tomato, and cucumber salad with olive oil and lemon juice, and toss the freshly cooked falafel balls right into the salad. Which would have been great with your crumbly ones, since I bust them up in the salad anyway. They are way better than croutons!