Falafel With Yogurt Sauce

For the second day of  Buffet on Table I am going to cook one more starter recipe. Falafel is a deep fried ball or patty made with dried chick peas or with fava beans. In some countries they use both chick peas and fava beans. Falafel is a traditional Middle Eastern food which is commonly served with pita bread and drizzled thini based sauces and salads. I have tasted this middle Eastern delicacy in many forms with different side dishes. This one with yogurt sauce I tried in Abudhabi  and this became a all time favorite to us. So I wanted to share this with you all..

So let's check the recipe......
Falafel recipe adopted from here
INGREDIENTS:---
Dried chick peas ---  1 cup
Onion  ----  1 cup chopped
Fresh coriander leaves ---  3 tab sp
Rec chilli flakes ---   1 tea sp
Garlic cloves  ---  4
Flour  ---  4 tab sp
Oil for deep frying
Salt   ---  1 tea sp
Cumin seeds  ---  1 tea sp
Baking powder  ---  1/4 tea sp
METHOD:--
1. Soak dried chick peas in enough water for over night.
2. Drain the water from soaked chick peas, place them in a blender with salt, coriander leaves, red chilli flakes, cumin, garlic, and blend it till turn in to a coarse paste.
3. Then add baking powder, flour and pulse to make small ball, if you feel can add some more flour or bread crumbs to make non sticky dough.
4. Now keep this chick pea dough in a bowl cover with cling wrap and leave it in the fridge for few hours. 
5. Heat oil in a deep frying pan. Now make small balls about the size of a walnut.
6. Drop this falafel balls in to hot oil and fry till golden brown. you can fry six balls at a time.
7. Remove from oil and place them on a paper towel..
Serve hot with yogurt sauce...
FOR YOGURT SAUCE:--
Hung yogurt  ----  1/2 cup (you can use Greek yogurt) 
Coriander leaves  ---  1 tab sp
Mint leaves  --  10 leaves
Green chilli   ----  2
Garlic  ---  1 clove
Salt to taste
Blend all the ingredients in a blender till smooth, chill and serve...

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