Reviewed: May 23, 2005

Nice vegan recipe! Very tasty and my husband said it was the best falafel he'd ever tasted although I thought it tasted like regular falafel (which I love and is a compliment for a vegan recipe). The recipe says it serves 6 but for my family (myself, my husband and my three year old son) I had to double the recipe and had only 3 falafel balls left. When frying I had to dump the oil between the first and second batches because the falafel balls crumbled a bit in the oil. To solve this problem next time I think I'll put them in the oven which will cut alot of the fat too. I served them in a pita with tomatoes and tahini sauce with ketchup and had a side of roasted potatoes. Very yummy!!!

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KABDURR

Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2005

Delicious!!! Be sure to add enough bread crumbs to make a "burger" consistency. I fried them as burgers, put 1000 island, tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers on a hamburger bun, and had a feast! Wonderful, thanks.

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DABDAB

Reviewed: Sep. 1, 2005

Didn't have any cilantro (coriander) leaves so added mint, and lemon juice to moisten it with a little olive oil. shallow fried them too and came out fine but would imagine they would be a lot crispier deep fried. Made 8 small burgers about 2inches by 1/2 inch, perfect for us 2 served in pittas with salad and a corn-on-the-cob on the side. Very nice would make these again. Thanks x

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ButtercupBento

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, England, U.K.

Living In: Brighton, Sussex, England, U.K.

Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2006

I have never heard of tumeric in falafel and authentic falafel always has tahini in it which is a sesame paste. My falafel balls fell apart in cooking; simply disintegrated into a pile of oily crumbs. Other recipes I have read say you need to add some flour otherwise this happens. I think I'll just stick to a falafel mix.

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Marnie

Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2006

these were AMAZING. i didn't have any cilantro so i used a few random herbs/spices, can't remember which... and i accidentally burned a few of them, but they were still great. yay for vegan falafel...

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satyagraha

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2006

This is delicous. The only thing I added was a lot of water, and an egg or two help keep it all together in the pan. I make this often, and love it!

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MissCedar

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2006

I made a few changes, I didn't have cilantro and the only bread crumbs I had were seasoned and I also added about 1/4 cup water and one beaten egg. These came out great and I did not have the problem of them falling apart while frying.

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FOOZALG

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Pelham, New Hampshire, USA

Living In: New Ipswich, New Hampshire, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2006

My beans might have been too moist, but my falafels just disintergrated in the oil. The taste and smell were great though.

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Carol Dormady

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Santa Barbara, California, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2006

The first batch that I fried up were GREAT (didn't have cilantro, and added some finely chopped mushrooms as well), but I made the mistake of not letting the oil reheat to make the second batch. MAKE SURE THAT THE OIL IS SUPER HOT AND THAT YOU ALLOW IT TO REHEAT TO A SUPER HOT TEMPERATURE BETWEEN BATCHES, OR ELSE THEY WILL FALL APART.

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