Mix 3/4c cold water with 1c falafel mix and let it sit for 20min (this step will vary mix to mix). Fry it up with a fair amount of vegetable oil (and white onions if you wish) until crispy and then add 1tbl New Mexico chili powder, 1/2tsp cayenne, and 1/2tsp salt for a minute or two. I always cook spices in with the sauteed shit for a minute or so before I add liquids. I don't really know if this does anything. I never learned this from anywhere, I just started doing it. More of a force of habit thing, but whatever. Maybe that crazy SpiceHound guy can tell me if what I am doing makes any sense. In any case, add 2 15oz cans of chopped tomatoes (with juice) and 1 drained can of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans). I garnished it with some hummus and flat leaf parsley but you can use whatever the fuck you want. Again, this is not a super awesome dish but it is easy, quick, and palatable (especially for vegetarians/vegans). Eat it.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Vegetarian Chili II - Falafel style
If you eat meat, go ahead and skip this recipe. If you are a hippie vegetarian (or even worse, a vegan), pay close attention as you will probably love this. We have made an awesome vegetarian chili in the past as well as scratch falafel, but I happened to pick up some cheater falafel mix a while ago at a terrorist market and on the back of the package there was a recipe for chili. This idea intrigued me so I figured I would give it a shot. It was very quick and easy to make so it suits all you people who have eight kids, three jobs, two dogs, and can't stop fucking complaining. Here is my take on the box recipe. Let's begin:
Mix 3/4c cold water with 1c falafel mix and let it sit for 20min (this step will vary mix to mix). Fry it up with a fair amount of vegetable oil (and white onions if you wish) until crispy and then add 1tbl New Mexico chili powder, 1/2tsp cayenne, and 1/2tsp salt for a minute or two. I always cook spices in with the sauteed shit for a minute or so before I add liquids. I don't really know if this does anything. I never learned this from anywhere, I just started doing it. More of a force of habit thing, but whatever. Maybe that crazy SpiceHound guy can tell me if what I am doing makes any sense. In any case, add 2 15oz cans of chopped tomatoes (with juice) and 1 drained can of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans). I garnished it with some hummus and flat leaf parsley but you can use whatever the fuck you want. Again, this is not a super awesome dish but it is easy, quick, and palatable (especially for vegetarians/vegans). Eat it.
Mix 3/4c cold water with 1c falafel mix and let it sit for 20min (this step will vary mix to mix). Fry it up with a fair amount of vegetable oil (and white onions if you wish) until crispy and then add 1tbl New Mexico chili powder, 1/2tsp cayenne, and 1/2tsp salt for a minute or two. I always cook spices in with the sauteed shit for a minute or so before I add liquids. I don't really know if this does anything. I never learned this from anywhere, I just started doing it. More of a force of habit thing, but whatever. Maybe that crazy SpiceHound guy can tell me if what I am doing makes any sense. In any case, add 2 15oz cans of chopped tomatoes (with juice) and 1 drained can of chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans). I garnished it with some hummus and flat leaf parsley but you can use whatever the fuck you want. Again, this is not a super awesome dish but it is easy, quick, and palatable (especially for vegetarians/vegans). Eat it.
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2 comments:
Thanks for the heads up on skippin' this recipe....hippie
it probably would be awesome if it had chunks of lamb in it
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