Notes from the kitchen

[oyceter]

1. Chickpea pancakes are really, really, really tasty.

2. Leaving yogurt sauce with approximately five finely chopped cloves of garlic in it to pickle and stew for two weeks results in a very, very spicy sauce. Yikes!

3. Note to self: next time you make yogurt sauce, salt the cucumbers and let them refrigerate first to draw out water so two-week-old yogurt sauce will not be extremely watery.

4. Pouring too much oil in the pan results in deep-fried chickpea pancakes. Not that this is a bad thing...

5. Chickpeas in general are a wonderful thing.

6. Food processors suck to clean.

7. Note to self: figure out how to make multi-grain bread. And crackers. And possibly falafel.

Comments

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

6. Food processors suck to clean.

Oh yeah. The next place I live is so going to have a dishwasher.

[oyceter]

I love having a dishwasher! But yes, I hate washing dishes even with one... alas.

[maga-dogg.livejournal.com]

Food processors are, sadly, high on the list of Things Dishwashers Are Inadequate At.

[katie-m.livejournal.com]

Really? Well, boo. Stupid technology.

[maga-dogg.livejournal.com]

Falafel is very easy. Chickpeas, onion, garlic, pepper, salt, other spices if you feel like it (paprika, coriander, maybe a tiny bit of chilli). Gently fry in olive oil until soft, mash, blend, wholewheat flour until it's solid enough to roll into balls, fry again. The hardest part is, predictably, getting the delicious mix out of the food processor - I tend to add a little more water than is strictly necessary and then heat after blending to get rid of the excess. And if the chickpeas aren't really soft then you will have Woes. I personally don't find it unpleasant if my falafel have a few chunks of chickpea and onion in them, but you still feel that you've failed somehow.

[oyceter]

Oh thanks! That looks tasty ^_^.