I omitted this important step in the recipe, Pulse chickpeas in the processor on their own first before adding other ingredients!!! Now back to your regularly scheduled blog entry.
My wife has been soaking chickpeas for three days.
She intended on making a healthy soup to torment me with but it was a busy week for her so it never happened. So what does one do with fermenting chickpeas? Make Falafels!!!
The chickpeas were re-hydrated to the point that they were getting soft. This is exactly what is required for falafels. I found this out just as we were beginning to boil the garbanzos out of them. So I immediately pulled the peas off the fire, drained them and into the processor they went, I had no fresh parsley and trying to get through the entire day without taking off my track pants, I opted for about 2-3 tbsps of dried parsley I had, up until now any homemade falafel I made came from a box so if dried parsley was good enough for me then, it would do now. along with the other ingredients I cobbled together, and then baking them instead of frying (I know, I know, but we ordered in the night before and I think I passed my greasy goodness quota. (BTW, Orderit.ca + Sammy's Eatery = good times)I managed to make a pretty decent tasting Falafel, better the next day if left out for a few hours, the baking doesn't get them as crispy as frying but air drying remedies that.
Online on Saveur magazines site I saw a Tahini sauce which I have had and found just a touch too bitter for my liking. So instead I took a note from the Donair shops on Pizza Corner in Halifax, For their Donairs they use a sweet sauce made of condensed milk and sugar which for those of use you are use to Tahini was gross at first but then became somewhat addictive. So I made a hi-bred Donair-Tahini sauce for us which I dubbed the "Donahini" Sauce.
On a sad note we bought some "Pita Break" multigrain pitas from our local Metro which kinda got me thinking about Falafels in the first place. But alas they were completely mouldy less than a week after buying them. Way to go Metro. So we made due with some toast and salad. But overall very pleased and will do it again as soon as I buy some more parsley and onions and oversoak some more chickpeas.
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