Syrian Falafel with Secret Hot Sauce
This is a Syrian falafel recipe made with ground soaked chickpeas, onion, garlic, parsley, cilantro, mint, and a seasoning of salt, white pepper, cumin, coriander seeds, and baking soda. It is served with a tahini sauce made from tahini, yogurt, water, lemon, and salt, plus a hot sauce made with sweet and hot red peppers, pomegranate molasses, white vinegar, salt, and olive oil. The chef also mentions using sesame seeds, wrapping the sandwich in saj bread, and adding side vegetables such as turnips, cucumbers, tomatoes, and lemon.
A Syrian-style falafel served with a spicy sauce.
Like crispy chickpea fritters with chili sauce.
Shape the falafel evenly so they fry at the same speed.
Ingredients
- 500 grams Dried chickpeas
- Half a small onion Half a small onion
- 2 cloves Garlic
- Half a cup Parsley
- Half a cup Cilantro
- 4 leaves Mint
- 1 tsp Salt
- Half a tsp White pepper
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Coriander seeds
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- Half a cup Tahini
- Quarter cup Yogurt
- Half a cup Water
- Half a tsp Salt
- Juice of half a lemon Lemon juice
- 1 Large sweet red pepper
- 10 peppers Small hot red peppers
- 1 tbsp Pomegranate molasses
- 1 tbsp White vinegar
- Olive oil
- Sesame seeds
- Saj bread
- Turnips
- Cucumbers
- Tomatoes
- Lemon
- Ayran
Instructions
- Soak the dried chickpeas in a bowl the day before, or soak them for 12 hours.
- Place the soaked chickpeas with half a small onion, 2 garlic cloves, parsley, cilantro, and mint leaves in a food processor or kibbeh grinder, then grind until the mixture holds together.
- Add the salt, white pepper, cumin, coriander seeds, and baking soda to the mixing bowl, then mix the mixture well.
- Add a little water to the falafel mixture if it needs moisture, then mix until the dough has the right consistency.
- Prepare the tahini sauce in a bowl by mixing half a cup of tahini with a quarter cup of yogurt, the juice of half a lemon, half a teaspoon of salt, and half a cup of water, then mix until it reaches the right consistency.
- Prepare the hot sauce in a blender by grinding 1 large sweet red pepper with 10 small hot red peppers, then add the pomegranate molasses, white vinegar, salt, and olive oil.
- Shape the falafel using a mold or by hand, then press one side into sesame seeds before frying.
- Fry the falafel in a pan in oil at an unspecified temperature until puffed and cooked through inside.
- Prepare a falafel sandwich in saj bread or any bread you prefer, then add the falafel, tahini sauce, hot sauce, and sesame seeds.