Falafel

Now the leftover chickpeas have to go and falafel comes to mind - at least if you leaf through Schuhbeck’s famous book “Meine Küche der Gewürze” (My Kitchen of Spices) - even if the dish is called “Kichererbsenpflanzerl” (Chickpea Pancake) in cosmopolitan Bavarian. The recipe sounds good, but unfortunately there is no photo. We’ll make up for it now.

First I prepare the chickpea mixture pretty much according to the original recipe

3 spring onions, finely chopped 350 g chickpeas from the jar, mashed with the blitz chopper 40 g low-fat quark (Schuhbeck: cream cheese) 1 egg 1.5 tablespoons bread crumbs (Schuhbeck: toast bread crumbs) 1 large clove of garlic 1 tsp grated ginger 1 tbsp. parsley, finely chopped 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. turmeric 1/2 tsp paprika powder, sweet 1/2 tsp. cilantro seeds, mortared 1/2 tsp. cumin, mortared a pinch of Piment d’Espelette (Schuhbeck: mild chili flakes) freshly grated nutmeg some lemon peel, grated

Everything turns into the mixing bowl and kneads well with a fork. Perfect consistency!

Now I prepare another salad. I clean and chop

2 handfuls of baby spinach 1 beet, grated 1 chicory 1 orange, filleted

Salad dressing and dip for the falafel:

2 sprigs of mint 150 ml yogurt some olive oil the collected orange juice from filleting

Now you can fry the falafel in a coated pan. I take a good dash of olive oil for this and add a small piece of butter. The falafel dough I now formed into small thick talers, which I roll again in breadcrumbs (be careful, they are very crumbly) and then off into the pan with it. Fry on 2/3-stage for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden brown. During this time, I can dress the salad and pour the dip into small jars. It turned out a little thin, Schubeck wanted the firmer Greek. But taste-wise and color-wise everything fits together wonderfully!

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