Off-Grid Making: Falafels

I've got a new culinary obsession: falafels. Surprisingly simple to make, I've cooked up a couple of batches over the last week or so. 

Ingredients:

1 400g tin chickpeas

1 carrot

1 white onion

clove of garlic

tsp cumin

tsp ground coriander

salt 

pepper

1 egg

Method

Chop small and then fry onion and garlic until translucent. Grate carrot. Add cooked onions and carrot to drained chickpeas in a bowl. Add spices, salt and pepper. Mash it all together then beat in egg to bind it.

Make into little patties and fry in a finger's depth of olive oil until golden- about 3-5 minutes on each side. Place on sheets of kitchen roll to soak up excess oil. Eat with hummus and salad.


In my most recent batch I added a handful of chopped wintercress which I found growing right next to the boat. It's a pepper rocket-like wild plant and it worked pretty well in the falafels.

Wintercress

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