Recipe - Delicious Falafel Sandwich

Falafel sandwich is a traditional and very popular Middle Eastern street food.Though it is a snack but is as filling as a main dish. These falafels can be made either with chick peas or with the combination of chick peas and feva beans.

Chickpea cutlet are deep fried and then stuffed in pita bread with finely chopped salad and tahina sauce. The fried falafels can also be served as a snack with tahini sauce or mint chutney.

Ingredients

2 cup Chick peas/ Kabuli chana
1/2 cup Parsley chopped
1/4 cup Fresh Coriander/ Dhaniya
3 green chilies
1 tsp Ginger/ Adrak
1/2 tsp Pepper powder/ Kali mIrch
1 tsp Cumin Seeds/ Jeera
2 tsp Sesame seeds/ Till
2 tsp Refined flour/ Maida
a pinch baking soda
To Taste Salt
6 Pita Bread
2 Tomato
1 cucumber
1 cup Lettuce shredded
1/4 cup Capsicum Chopped
3 tbsp White sesame seeds/ Til
1 tsp Green Chilies
2 tbsp Fresh Coriander
1 tbsp Mint Leaves/ Pudina
2 tsp Lemon juice
1/2 cup water or yogurt
1/3 tsp Cumin/ Jeera
To Taste Salt

Method

Tahini Sauce

* Dry roast sesame seeds in a pan till they start crackling.Grind sesame with all the ingredients in the mixer and make a smooth paste .

* Now add yogurt or water and grind again. Take out in a bowl and keep aside.

To make Falafel

* Soak chickpeas overnight in enough water.

* In the morning drain and rinse them well (no need to boil the chick peas

* Add all the ingredients to make falafal in the blender and grind to make a course mixture.

* Take out the ground paste in a bowl and mix.

* Now make flat patties or round balls from the mixture and deep fry in oil on medium heat.

* Fry till golden in colour and then drain on a paper napkin.

Assembling the sandwich( pita pockets)

* Take a pita bread and cut it in half to make 2 pieces.

* Slit open the pita slices to make pocket.

* Apply some tahini sauce on the sides of pockets.

* Now stuff the pockets with 2-3 fried falafels.

* Now put mixed veggies salad over the falafels.

* Drizzle tahini sauce over it and serve.

Falafel Wraps

* Take a pita bread and slit it from a side to make a pocket

* Apply some tahini sauce inside it. Put fried falafels in it and then put salad and some tahini sauce over it.

* Roll it tightly to make a wrap.

* Wrap the roll in paper napkin or foil and serve.

* Serving suggestions-serve with pickled cucumber and jalepenos.