Cook the eggplant (eggplants act like a sponge when added to hot oil, by boiling you use much less oil in the whole dish) for the ratatouille,in boiling salted water, then drain |
Add canned chopped tomato in juice to the drained cooked eggplant |
Saute the onion, bell peppers and onion, garlic in olive oil and add to the eggplant tomato mix, and simmer for 25-30 mins covered. |
Saute the cooked chickpeas, bell pepper, zucchini and onion, garlic in olive oil for the falafal |
The cooked low fat ratatouille add herbs of choice |
Add turmeric and ground cumin, sea salt & ground pepper |
The sauteed veggies and chickpeas |
Along time ago, when I worked in a Hotel in London, we made falafal with just soaked chickpeas, then deep fried. They tasted OK but the gas problems and indigestion after was monumental..cooking the beans beforehand and also cooking the vegetables, then processing and baking makes for a far more superior falafal and the flavors are more intense, also there is less oil used.
More photographs tomorrow
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