Cloud had a great idea for a series of posts on "Dinner During Dora"--you know, meals that you can whip up in the time between "Hey, are you ready to explore!?" and the final "Click!"
That's 22 minutes if you're using On-Demand cable, or DVD, which we do. Go!
Felafel During Dora:
You need:
* red onion
* tomato
* avocado
* lemon juice
* mayonnaise
* felafel mix
* pitas (I like to use tortillas instead -- less bread-y)
You do:
1. Mix felafel mix in a bowl according to directions: it should look a tiny bit soupy, but let it sit for a few minutes to start to thicken into a paste.
2. Peel and chop the avocado; in a medium sized bowl, mash it together with a tablespoon or so of lemon juice, and about a half cup of mayo. Dice a smallish tomato, and about a quarter cup of red onion, and stir in. This is the sauce.
3. Shallow fry the felafel: fill a frying pan about 1/2" deep in cooking oil. Heat it up to medium high. Roll felafel mix in your hands into Little-People-figurine sized balls. Fry on one side for about three minutes until golden brown. Flip 'em over and fry for another three minutes. Remove them from the pan onto a plate with some paper towels: blot!
4. Open the pitas. Spread thickly with the sauce. Drop or crumble fried felafel balls onto the sauce. Roll up and secure with a toothpick.
5. Serve with a simple green salad. (This stuff is FILLING.)
I usually have enough time to set the table, even, when I make this. Do you guys like felafels? God's gift to vegetarians, if you ask me. Yum! And meatatarian Pynchon often requests this meal, hooray.
2 comments:
I am a huge felafel lover, but I do like it and I am in favour of any dinner that takes 20 minutes!
I think it is funny that you got one of these posts up before I did!
I'll get my first one up this week, I think. I'm going to link to yours, too!
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