These chickpea patties want to be falafels, but after trying my hand at making authentic
falafels, I thought it was way too much work and they were dry. So, what we have here is
my creation, my chickpea patties. And they're not dry, they hold together well when you
cook them - when you flip them they won't fall apart, and they fry up nice and crispy
on the outside. The night before you make these, put 1 cup
of dry chickpeas in a bowl large enough to hold them. Pour water to the top of the bowl.
And the next day, they're gonna look like this.
Tear 2 slices of bread into pieces and pour ¼ cup of non-dairy milk over them. Use your
fingers to make sure that all of the bread is soaked. Set that aside.
Mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water until the cornstarch it's dissolved.
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, pour them into the food processor, add the cornstarch mixture.
And you're gonna also add 2 tablespoons of vegan mayo, 1 and a half teaspoons each of
salt, cumin and coriander. And then you're also gonna need 1 teaspoon of garlic powder,
½ teaspoon of black pepper and ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper.
Pulse it until the chickpeas are finely chopped but not mushy like hummus. So, take a look,
it should look something like this. Squeeze the milk from the bread if you can.
Um, this particular bread that I used absorbed all of the milk. Drop it into the food processor
and pulse it a few more times to make sure that the bread is incorporated.
Scoop out ¼ cup of the mixture to form a patty. You should get about 8 patties from
this. If you use that size. Obviously, you can make them larger or smaller if you like.
Heat a pan over medium heat and add enough oil to coat the bottom. Fry your patties for
5 minutes on each side. They should be nice and golden.
Now let's make the Tzatziki Sauce. That's a tricky word to pronounce. I looked it up,
but I think I still got it wrong. This is Vegan Dad's recipe.
You need a 12 ounce package of firm silken tofu. Put it in a blender or food processor.
Pour in 3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of canola oil, 1 tablespoon dried
dill, ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder, 1 teaspoon of salt and ⅛ teaspoon of black pepper.
Blend it well and then put it in a bowl and set it aside.
Next, you need to finely dice a cucumber. And you're gonna only need about 1 cup of
this. Put it in a towel - don't use a paper towel like I did or it will tear and you will
have diced cucumber flying everywhere. Squeeze out the liquid and add the cucumbers to the
bowl of the sauce. Stir it all together. Put it on your wannabe falafels and enjoy.
You could also eat this like they traditionally do in a pita or in any type of sandwich. So,
off you try this recipe, let me know what you think in the comments.
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