Falafal Sandwich by Asha Khatau

Instructions

• Grind the split green gram with the green chillies and the coriander leaves
• TIP: the mixture should be coarsely ground into a paste
• Add salt to taste
• Add za'atar mix
• Add onions
• TIP: onions make the falafal nice and crunchy
• Mix well
• Keep oil for frying
• In a rounded spoon take a little of the falafal mixture on your palm
• Now with both your palms give the mixture a rounded shape
• Drop the falafal bullets in hot oil for frying
• TIP: flatten the bullet so it doesn't look like a pakoda
• TIP: fry until brown so that it is crunchy and the inside is cooked properly
• Best served with chilli tomato sauce and tahina sauce

For Falafal Sandwich

• Take the pita bread and cut it into half
• Open the pocket
• put the salad in the bottom
• over the salad put 1 or 2 falafal bullet depending one the size of the pita bread
• over the bullet add hot sauce and tahina sauce
• Top it up with some more crunchy salad
• TIP: You can also try the sandwich with a thinner pita bread
• Ready to serve!