{"id":1355,"date":"2010-02-13T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2010-02-13T00:00:52","modified_gmt":"2010-02-13T04:00:52","slug":"falafel-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=1355","title":{"rendered":"Falafel &#8211; part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-054.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"265\" alt=\"falafel 054\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-054_thumb.jpg\" width=\"353\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>For the recipe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/\">see this post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Basically, these are Lebanese hush puppies.<\/p>\n<p>But if you like the flavor of chick peas, they are delicious- and much better for you than hush puppies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-044.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"244\" alt=\"falafel 044\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-044_thumb.jpg\" width=\"184\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"falafel 045\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-045_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make a small ball and smoosh it gently- so that it cooks evenly.<\/p>\n<p>I found that the recipe I used needed about 1\/4 to 1\/3 cup more flour, and I used chick pea flour so as not to take away the flavor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"falafel 046\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-046_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Using a slotted spoon, turn them over and fry on other side for about 5-6 minutes and then drain on a paper towel.<\/p>\n<p>Serve with a cucumber and yogurt salad-<a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-053.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"falafel 053\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-053_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>And dip into the sauce of your choice-&nbsp; I like tahini and yogurt- but you could use a baba ganoush or hummus dip or even a curry flavored sauce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"falafel 057\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/falafel-057_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> Whatever you dip them in- or even if you eat them plain, they are wonderful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the recipe see this post. Basically, these are Lebanese hush puppies. But if you like the flavor of chick peas, they are delicious- and much better for you than hush puppies. &nbsp; Make a small ball and smoosh it &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=1355\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}