Recipe: Perfect Pete's lima bean falafel

Pete's lima bean falafel. I made a lima bean salad but any green or chopped vegetable salad would complement the falafel nicely. With some pita or naan, a few chopped tomatoes and cucumbers, and some sort of spicy sauce, you have a meal. A classic greek falafel made with fava beans instead of chickpeas turns out to be a successful alternative.

If you've never had falafel before, they are a little patty made of mashed beans (fava or sometimes garbanzo) along with tons of fresh herbs and spices. Traditionally (actually, ALWAYS) they are fried which gives them a wonderful crispy exterior with a soft. Craving falafel, but don't have the usual ingredients to hand? You can have Pete's lima bean falafel using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Pete's lima bean falafel

1. It’s 7 1/2 lb of frozen.
2. It’s 1 can of #10 lima beans *substitution*.
3. You need 2 of onion.
4. Prepare 1 head of garlic.
5. It’s 1 tbsp of cumin.
6. You need 1 tbsp of corriander.
7. Prepare 2 tsp of cayenne pepper.
8. It’s 1 bunch of cilantro, chopped.
9. Prepare 1 of salt and pepper to taste.

Try Nadiya's cheaty version which uses a store cupboard staple – baked beans. Serve the falafels squashed inside a soft bap, smothered with the sauce and the coleslaw if you've made it. There is plenty here to eat and to freeze, so pop any. Fava beans are one of the oldest domesticated food legumes.

Pete's lima bean falafel step by step

1. Roboku lima beans until small diced like chunks.
2. roboku onion and garlic. Add all ingredients to lima beans.
3. add a.p. flour to adjust consisency *should not be wet, just moist enough to be sticky).
4. adjust seasonings with additional cayenne/cumin.corriander.
5. add 1 T baking powder day of cooking.

Tova Dickstein from Neot Kedumim Biblical Land Preserve in Israel once told me that. Nadiya Hussain comes to the rescue with her time-saving kitchen tips, to make sure that everyone has more time to spend doing the things they love, with the people they love. A tin of baked beans is the surprise ingredient in Nadiya's moreish family friendly falafel burgers. Falafel is more commonly prepared with chickpeas; this falafel recipe is made with a combination of fava beans and chickpeas. Making falafel with fava beans is common in some Middle Eastern countries, and this recipe combines the two variations.