Steve Freides > wrote:

>Steve Pope wrote:

>> (Dinner last night was a main-course salad: lettuce, chilled
>> asparagus, and garbanzos dressed with olive oil, yogurt,
>> chopped piquillo peppers and allepo pepper, and topped with falafel.)

>Homemade falafel? I've never found a mix or a recipe that I like here
>in the US. My sister lives in Israel and I've been there several
>times - the falafel there is great.

No, I used a mix, but a pretty good one -- Tarazi, which is made
from both favas and garbanzos. I prepared it using the baking
instructions on the package, using baking paper (so-called
parchment) which keeps them from sticking.

I have also sometimes used the frozen, imported from Egypt
falafel and that product, when fried up, is very close to genuine
fresh falafel.

Steve