Namaste,
I am Nisha Madhulika.
Today we'll make hummus and falafel.
It is a Middle-Eastern recipe
but fits with Indian taste.
Crispy falafel
and creamy hummus,
you will get all the ingredients for these in your kitchen.
Let's start!
We soaked 1 cup of kabuli chickpea in water overnight.
Whenever you soak lentils or any grain, wash it twice.
Doing this removes all the impurities.
These chickpeas are soaked and ready,
look how big they have become.
Soaked 1 cup of chickpea
and now they are 3 cups.
We soaked them for 8 hours.
Remove the water.
To make hummus,
take 1 cup of soaked chickpea.
We'll boil them
so moving on to the gas.
Add 1 cup of water.
Boil them till one whistle.
Cooker has whistled,
reduce the flame to low
and let them boil for 6-7 minutes at low flame.
It has been 7 minutes boiling them,
turn off the flame
and let the cooker cool down.
Meanwhile, let's roast the sesame seeds.
1/4 cup of sesame seeds,
roast them while stirring continuously till they bloat
and a good aroma comes.
Sesame seeds look bloated,
their colour has also changed
and a good aroma is also coming.
They are roasted
and it took 1.5 minutes to roast them.
The cooker has cooled down, open it.
See how perfectly chickpeas have boiled.
For hummus we need very soft chickpeas.
Strain them.
Hummus can be made with chickpeas peeled and not peeled too.
But it takes time to peel the chickpeas.
Texture is a bit creamy
but it tastes the same.
So we are making hummus without peeling chickpeas.
You can peel them too.
Put boiled chickpeas in the jar.
2 tablespoon of roasted sesame seeds.
Tahini is used to make hummus.
Tahini is a paste of roasted sesame seeds and olive oil.
So instead of taking tahini,
we'll put roasted sesame seeds and olive oil in the jar.
3/4 teaspoon of salt
or as per taste
and a small lemon,
extract its juice.
2 tablespoons of olive oil.
To make this, we only use olive oil and it tastes great.
If you love garlic then put 8-10 garlic in the jar.
Now make a fine paste.
We grinded it, but it's not completely grinded.
It is too thick,
we need it a little thinner than this.
Add 1 tablespoon of oil to it.
And 2 tablespoons of curd.
You can add hung curd but this curd is very thick.
So I am putting it like this.
Now grind it.
Look, hummus is ready,
the paste should be like this.
For hummus we took boiled chickpeas.
For falafel we need soaked raw chickpeas.
Measure and put the chickpea in the jar.
1 cup
and approx 2 cups of chickpeas.
Add some spices,
2 green chilies
and 1/2 inch ginger.
If you like garlic
then put 6-7 garlic in it.
1/2 teaspoon of red chilli powder,
if you love spicy food then add more red chilli.
1 teaspoon of coriander powder,
1 teaspoon of cumin seeds,
and 8-10 black pepper.
If you are taking black pepper powder then take 1/4 teaspoon.
1 teaspoon of salt
and 1/2 cup of coriander leaves.
Chop and put them in,
if you have parsley can add that instead.
Now without adding water
coarsely ground them.
It is grounded,
it has become a paste but it is coarsely grounded.
It takes time to grind, as we don't add water to it.
Grind it once then move the paste down,
then again grind it and continue till it grinds well.
It grinds like this.
Add 2 tablespoons of gram flour to it.
Gram flour binds the paste.
You can add refined flour instead.
Half of 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda,
1/8 teaspoon.
Baking soda is optional you can skip it.
Mix them well.
Everything has mixed well.
The dough is ready,
heat the oil.
Till oil heats up
assemble the falafel.
Apply some oil on your hands.
Pick up some dough
and bind it.
Round it like this
and press it a little.
Like this
bind the edges.
Cracked edges does not look good.
Make tikkis like this with all the dough.
We assembled 6 falafels.
Let's fry them.
Check the oil,
put some dough in the oil.
The dough is frying
and came up.
Oil is hot
and to fry them we need medium hot oil not too hot.
Put them in to fry.
Till they fry
let's assemble the rest of the falafel.
These are slightly fried from the bottom side, turn them.
Turn and fry them like this till they turn golden from both sides.
For this oil should be a bit more hot than medium
and flame should also be medium or medium-high.
They have turned golden,
take them out.
Fry the rest falafel the same way.
Serve the hummus,
make it like this.
Put some olive oil on it,
sprinkle some red chilli,
can sprinkle chilli flakes instead.
And a coriander leaf.
Hummus
and falafel
are ready to serve.
Crispy falafel
with creamy hummus
tastes great.
Whenever you want,
you can make them instantly.
While making remember,
to make hummus
boil the chickpeas till they become very soft.
And grind them till a fine creamy texture comes.
For falafel coarsely ground the chickpeas.
And while frying them
oil should be medium-high hot.
Very good hummus and falafel will be made.
So you must make and have it
and share you experiences with me.
And let me know what should I make next for you.
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