Few weeks ago, my husband and I were in San Francisco Golden gate park riding our bicycles. After the ride, we were contemplating to get a quick grub and relax in the park and my husband suggested getting Falafel wrap from this hole in the wall place called "Truly Mediterranean" in the Mission District.
It is located on 16th and Guerrero for people visting San Francisco.
We both ended up ordering the "Deluxe Falafel Wrap" with a baklava (middle-eastern sweet) to share between us and I have to say it was the best falafel I ever had.
We decided to replicate the recipe at home and here is what I have for you guys to try out
Ingredients (50-55 falafel balls)
- Garbanzo beans (1.5 cup) + fava beans (0.5 cup) soaked overnight
- 5 tbsp wheat flour
- 2 tsp levelled baking powder
- Cilantro (1/2 cup packed)
- 6 cloves of garlic
- Red chilli powder (2 tsp) and salt to taste
- Dry roasted sesame seeds (2 tbsp)
- 1/2 medium sized onion.
Wrap ingredients
- Grilled eggplant
- Thick potato wedges
- Sliced onions
- Zucchini
- Tahini sauce and Red hot sauce.
Directions
- Soak the garbanzo and fava beans overnight.
- In a blender, first blend onion, cilantro, garlic cloves and sesame seeds
- To the mix above, add garbanzo beans,wheat flour and baking powder and blend it until it is in between soft and coarse.
- Add salt and chilli powder as per taste.
- Cover the mix and set it aside in the refrigerator for half hour.
- While the mix is set aside in refrigerator, you can prepare your wrap ingredients
- Roll the mix into small balls and deep fry them on medium heat until the balls turn golden brown.
Wrap Ingredients
- Grilled Eggplant - Slice your eggplant into long 0.5 inch thick slices. Brush olive oil on either side and sprinkle some black pepper powder and salt. Grill them at 350F/180C and turn them once to grill both sides.
- Thick potato wedges - Deep fry your potato wedges in cooking oil. You can use this oil to fry the falafel as well.
- Cut onion and zucchini
- Tahini sauce - You can take the ready made tahini sauce (thick sesame paste) and add water to dilute it. Squeeze some lemon juice, salt in it to taste.
- Red sauce - you may use the chinese hot sauce.