"I love these Baked Falafel Patties with a delicious Yogurt-Tahini Sauce, and now you can make Falafel at home for a tasty meatless meal!..."
INGREDIENTS
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1 cup dried chickpeas (also called garbanzo beans)
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1 cup chopped onion
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4 T chopped parsley (original recipe called for 2 T)
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4 T chopped cilantro (original recipe called for 2 T)
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1 tsp. salt
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4 cloves minced garlic (about 2 tsp.)
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1 tsp. ground cumin
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1 tsp. baking powder
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4 T whole wheat flour (or more, if the balls don’t stick together well enough)
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olive oil, for spraying baking sheet
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Makes 1 cup of Yogurt-Tahini Sauce; I adapted the sauce recipe slightly so it had more yogurt and less tahini, but make it to your own taste.
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2/3 cup plain yogurt
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1/3 cup Tahini Sauce (sold in Middle Eastern stores or health food stores, usually near the peanut butter)
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2 T fresh squeezed lemon juice
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1/2 tsp. minced garlic
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1/2 tsp. ground cumin
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salt to taste
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2-3 T water to thin sauce if desired
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(I sprinkled the sauce with a little sumac, purely optional)