"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
...
>
> "ViLco" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>>> they just never appeal to me. It's like an Indian Hush Puppy. But I
>>>> can at least make hush puppies taste good. But not falafel.
>>
>>> I have seen the mixes but they just don't set well with me. I have
>>> tried mixes for other things and didn't like them. One was for
>>> tabouli. The end result just wasn't right.
>>
>> A moroccan friend used to make falafel from canned chickpeas and she sais
>> that she added a little flour (A-P) to keep them from falling apart. I
>> wasn't interested in food at the time so I don't know the other
>> ingredients, but it could be a starting point. Probably, that pinch of
>> flour in falafel is like the pinch of flour in gnocchi: a shortcut, kind
>> of a trick for when you don't have old enough taters. But if it helps...
>
> Maybe but these had a just awful flavor to them. Like too much of some
> kind of seasoning was put in them. I just don't know what it was.

Made right falafel is quite spicey with tons of garlic, cumin, coriander and
parsely. If you don't like strongly flavored foods you won't like any
falafel recipe. Without the spices it's just ground up beans.

Paul