Flatafels

Proprietary Spice Blends

  • Kammun Blend: INGREDIENTS: Toasted Cumin, Toasted Coriander, Fenugreek, Caraway, Fennel
  • Qarfa Blend: INGREDIENTS: Ceylon Cinnamon, Allspice, Green Cardamon, Dried Rose Petals, Nutmeg, Long Pepper, Cloves, Cassia
  • Biber Blend: INGREDIENTS: Aleppo Chilli, Urfa Chilli, Sweet Paprika, Sweet Smoked Paprika, Hot Smoked Paprika, Oil, Salt

Ingredients

  • 1 onion (small) | coarsely chopped

  • 2 garlic cloves | finely chopped, grated or crushed

  • 30 g coriander | roughly chopped

  • 30 g parsley | roughly chopped

  • 2 tins chick peas | drained (recipe says to use 200g dried and soak overnight.) (my tins say 240g drained weight)

  • 3 tbsp plain flour (recipe says to use gram flour as plain won't be as crispy. But I don't have gram) (I used more than this!!)

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • 1 tsp Biber Blend (proprietary, see notes)

  • 5 tsp Kammun Blend (proprietary, see notes)

  • 0.5 tsp Qarfa Blend (proprietary, see notes)

  • 1.25 tsp salt

Directions

  • In a food processor (I used a stick blender), blend the chickpeas, onion, garlic, coriander, parsley, flour, baking powder, spice blends and 1.25 tsp salt ‘for 30 seconds’ (cough until it’s done).

  • Add more flour because it will be way too wet. Even after adding quite a bit of flour they were quite wet but it was workable enough by hand.

  • Make rough balls out of the mixture and put them on a plate. Each ball can be sized as a lumped dessert spoon.

  • Put the balls in the fridge for 30 minutes to harden up. Afterwards you should be able to pick them up, even though they were wet before.

  • Take them out and fry them (not deep fry, even though that’s what you’re meant to do) in a little bit of oil. Squish them into a flat, thick circle and turn over when dark brown. Cook until dark brown.

  • Serve in a wrap with Tzatziki and whatever seems like it would make sense?