On 2012-05-03, zxcvbob > wrote:

> Most falafel recipes on the 'Net use canned chickpeas and add a little
> flour to keep them from falling apart.

????

All the falafel recipes I've seen warn AGAINST canned chickpeas (AB,
youtube, etc).

> I don't know why they do that, unless everybody is just copying
> everybody else's bad recipes.

Well, there's certainly no shortage of that occuring.

> Just use soaked chickpeas and no flour. It works just fine and is
> more authentic.....

Yes. Dried and soaked fava beans for falafel is very popular, too.
All chickpeas or all fava or half/half is also fine, provided you either
shell the fava beans or buy already shelled fava beans, which I've
found to be both scarce and expensive.

nb


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