Name: Falafel with minted tahini yoghurt
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 20 balls servings
Cuisine: Accompaniment
Ingredients: 250 g chickpeas dried; 1 shallot; ¼ cup fresh parsley; 2 garlic cloves; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tsp cumin; ½ tsp coriander ground; ¼ tsp nutmeg ground; 1 tsp lime juice; 1 Tbs flour; sunflower oil for frying; ¼ cup sesame seeds; 1 Tbs fresh chillies 573; 1 cup Greek yoghurt; 20 ml fresh mint finely chopped; 1 tsp lime juice; salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Ingredients (17)

250 g	chickpeas — dried
1	shallot
¼ cup	fresh parsley
2	garlic — cloves
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp	cumin
½ tsp	coriander — ground
¼ tsp	nutmeg — ground
1 tsp	lime juice
1 Tbs	flour
	sunflower oil — for frying

For the yoghurt:

¼ cup	sesame seeds
1 Tbs	fresh chillies — 573
1 cup	Greek yoghurt
20 ml	fresh mint — finely chopped
1 tsp	lime juice
	salt and freshly ground black pepper

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Method:

Place the dried chickpeas in a large bowl and fill the bowl with cold water. Leave to stand for 24 hours, topping up the water if necessary.

Drain the chickpeas and place them in a food processor. Chop until they have a coarse crumb-like texture, then tip into a clean bowl and set aside.

Place the shallot, parsley, garlic cloves, a good pinch of salt and pepper, cumin, coriander, nutmeg and lime juice in the food processor and pulse until you have a fine mixture. Add the flour and mix until well combined.

Add the chickpeas back into the food processor and pulse everything together to get a slightly finer texture and get rid of any large chickpea chunks, Do not over process.

Shape the mixture into balls. Pop them onto a tray and then into the fridge for about an hour, or until they are firm.

Meanwhile prepare the tahini:

Toast the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan over a low hear, stirring regularly, for about 5 minutes or until they are golden in colour.

Transfer to a food processor and add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Blitz to combine the seeds and oil into a paste.

Add extra olive oil if the paste is too thick. Set the tahini aside in the fridge.

Make the yoghurt dressing by combining the yoghurt, 2 tablespoons of tahini, mint and lime juice in a bowl.

Season to taste with salt and pepper and set aside in the fridge.

Heat 1 – 2cm sunflower oil in a frying pan. Fry the falafel in batches, turning them until they are golden on all sides.

Drain the falafel on kitchen towel and serve immediately with minted tahini yoghurt.

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