About this item
The ultimate in light fast food, Middle Eastern falafel have become a universally adored comfort dish, which uniquely manage to bridge the gap between healthy and delicious fare. Learn to make best-ever falafel with tips and tricks, and this creative collection of recipes for fried, baked, and full on falafel meals. Falafel are an ancient Middle Eastern food originally made with fava or chickpeas (garbanzo beans) , which are crushed and mixed with herbs and spices and molded into patties. They are then traditionally served in pita bread pockets with salad and dips such as hummus, tzatziki, or tahini sauce. The rest of the world have since caught on to the delights of falafel, and chickpea patties have steadily been becoming the darlings of vegans and vegetarians, picnic goers, festival food trucks and supermarket delis since the early 2000s.
About the Author
Dunja Gulin is the author of cookbooks Doru?ak (Croatia) , Raw Food Kitchen, The Vegan Baker, the Vegan Pantry, Fermented Foods, Falafel Forever, Vege-Burgeri (Croatia) and Detoks od A do Ž (Croatia) . Apart from writing cookbooks and publishing articles and healthy recipes on www.dunjagulin.com, she's a cooking teacher, author of on-line detox programs, works as a personal chef and prepares Mediterranean, vegan, vegetarian, macrobiotic and raw food meals on yoga retreats. She's a member of the Holistic Holiday at Sea vegan kitchen team, feeding over 1500 people on board a cruise chip traveling to the Caribbean.
