Falafel (with Tahini Sauce and Cucumber & Mint dip)

[smaicyable]

hiii, i really admire u a lot, im egyptian but i really dont know how to make falafel. everytime when i make them it will be so oily and from inside its not even cook :( i hope this time my falafel will turn better than before, thank u so much

[TitliNihaan]

@smaicyable OIly and uncooked in the middle sounds like your oil is not quite hot enough :-/

[agnesdeque]

Si les falafel ne sont pas bien formés,il y aura des pbs à la cuisson ? par exemple qu'ils se défassent ,

[TitliNihaan]

@agnesdeque Normalement si l'huile est chaud il n'y a pas des probs

[agnesdeque]

@TitliNihaan Super comme ça je vais oser me lancer ! Ce qu'il y a avec ta cuisine , Titli,c'est que j'ai envie d'essayer TOUTES les recettes !

[bintabdulahad]

what color were they on the inside ? the ones we buy here t the stores are very green!

[TitliNihaan]

@bintabdulahad They were the same colour as the uncooked falafel

[almogi3025]

the best Falafel is in ramle israel....titli nihaan =)

[desigirl1126]

Did you boil the chick peas?

[TitliNihaan]

@desigirl1126 No!

[iGraphic]

Is there anyway of using Tinned check peas? btw what is the name of the audio track in the background, I Like it

[TitliNihaan]

@iGraphic Best to avoid tinnd chick peas. It's called Arabian Bounce

[Shokara2]

No I know what I did wrong last time... 'tinned' went totally wrong.. I used canned *as we call them here in the US* and mine just concentrated on me. Will try this way.. wish me luck!

[reffzz]

Lol...We had the same encounter my mom and I when we were in Texas. We were craving falafel and we tried it with canned chickpeas. They basically disappeared in the oil. We salvaged it by adding some eggs but then it came out like mini omelettes. By the way, we come from Egypt and Egyptians always use only fava beans to make falafel. One more interesting fact, the word falafel is used throughout the Arab world but in Egypt, Cairenes call them "Tameya" while Alexandrians call them "falafel" :D

[maria045]

This recipe looks amazing! I am planning on trying it out soon, but baking them in the oven (not a big fan of frying!)

However, I have a question; can i use baking powder instead of baking soda?

Thanks for your help!

[TitliNihaan]

@maria045 You should be able to.

[maria045]

@TitliNihaan I made the falafel and mint dip today and it was wonderful! I put some falafel in the oven and cooked others in the pan with a bit of olive oil, and the ones I cooked in the pan were great! (the others were good as well, but a bit dry).

Thanks for your recipe!

[TitliNihaan]

@maria045 Thanks for the feedback, especially about baking them!

[1Honest007]

You make dinner so mixed easier, my family have always chopped everything thing by hand using a meat grinder. You are awesome.

[larouge609]

never..never...NEVER...hahaha love it!

[girlofsummer22]

do you own a steamer?

do you think i can steam the chickpeas?

[TitliNihaan]

@girlofsummer22 No I don't.  And I wouldn't like to say!

[Kurolli]

OH you have 8D

may i ask why you remove the cucumber seeds? isnt that where the flavour hides?

[TitliNihaan]

@Kurolli The seeds are surrounded by a very watery mush. If you don't remove this the resulting dip goes all watery when you leave it stand

[Kurolli]

@TitliNihaan Ah~ alright

[Chorongi]

Hi Titli!!! I tried to make Falafel today .......

Remember when you told us to "NEVER use canned chick peas" ??

I used Fresh ones and soaked them in Water and then I COOKED THEM !!!!

and then, the whole mixture was so wet, that I added some BULGOUR AND COUSCOUS TO THAT..........

and then THEY JUST DISAPPEARED IN THE OIL.

*** CRY CRY CRY ****

Is it because I cooked the chick peas before??????????????

Or is it because I added Bulgour and Couscous?????

I did not add too much!!

Please help!!

[TitliNihaan]

@Chorongi Tinned chickpeas = cooked chickpeas. Does that answer your question? :-)

[punkwolf44]

Titli!!!! I'm here in New York City with 5 friends during hurricane Irene and we're watching your videos and cooking falafel and hummus (while we have electricity) We love you and your videos!!! <3

[TitliNihaan]

@punkwolf44 Stay safe!

[kshumon2000]

As-salam, thanks for making everything easy.

[ASM7869]

haha very funny with the tin chickpeas.

what kinda chickpeas do you have to use then titli ???

[TitliNihaan]

@ASM7869 Dried chickpeas which you soak overnight.

[rlparnellwright]

Love your video can't wait to try them

[naseerahvj]

LOL Titli @0:18, that is because the Egyptians are the best at EVERYTHING didn't you know (at least if your talking to one ;)

[ItsaUFOduh]

at 1:00, you handled that way better than me. I would have shrieked like a baby bat!

[fara7hussain]

@j3ofhearts khuda hafiz it's Urdu "Indian" not Arabic ,it's mean "god be with u " ....... We say in arabic good bay as " Salam o" it's mean peace .

[umsulieman]

Thanks to you, I just made some ridiculously delicious falafal :)

[TitliNihaan]

@umsulieman How ridiculous...

[LovePeaceHappinessXo]

awsssommeee :) but what did you say to never never never do ? hah

[wbasc]

Sorry, what do you say at the very very end? Goede havits?

[J3ofHearts]

@wbasc Khuda Hafiz

Goodbye I guess in Arabic or something

[wbasc]

@J3ofHearts Thanks. It's not Arabic though, but Persian (Farsi).

[stivenson200]

@J3ofHearts It is take care in Indian,

in arabic goodbye is Ma'a al salama

source: worked in Saudi Arabia for 5 years, and been to Indian countless times.

[AZA417]

Thank you! Excellent. Made it yesterday and they were gone in 5 minutes! I've tried your no bake cheesecake and pumpkin pie and they were also great. Now you've got my family thinking I can actually cook : )

[TitliNihaan]

@AZA417 Excellent!

[KHOBIII]

u r so funny.....cute...and talented......

[crippledlord]

oh I made these in class once when I was a kid. I think I will try making them again. thanks for the reminder. 

[fezan84]

LOLLLLL @ the disintegration!!

omg u laughed about the cucumber being a certain male organ and in the next scene you were peeling it =[[[

This is a great recipe, thanks again!

[agnesdeque]

Les Egyptiens sont les meilleurs dans tout ? OK ,mais de profil .....

[ame7272]

Hayyyyy, WE ARE NOT full of *** whatever that was LOL ....and yes we are darn fine cooks....i personally cook for my family and none of them went to the emergency room..................... yet

:)

I love your videos.....and though this got nothing to do with falafel since you didn't use the main ingredient for falafel but i love it :)

[TitliNihaan]

@ame7272 This is not Egyptian falafel :-)

[ame7272]

@TitliNihaan oh ....ok :) I'll try your recipe and i'll tell you how it went.

[ame7272]

@TitliNihaan Okay, i tried this today and it was really very good.

Only it took 7.30 minutes not 3, even though my falafel were the same size as yours, but in the end they were so delicious. Thank you! :)

[TitliNihaan]

@THB79 Yoghurt or chickpeas? The bulk density of dry chickpeas is about 0.8 g/ml therefore one cup of dried chickpeas = 0.8 x 250 = 200 g. The chickpeas in the video had been soaked for 24 hours and expanded, so they will be more than 1 cup.

[ZhaneTheGreat]

Titli, what is that phrase you say at the beginning of each video? What does it mean and how do you spell it? :)

[Thebeautyofsoul]

@ZhaneTheGreat

al salam alaykom = Peace be upon you

[snua86]

@ZhaneTheGreat Its a way of greeting for muslims

[ZhaneTheGreat]

@snua86 Does it mean anything specific or is it just like saying "Hello" ?

[snua86]

@ZhaneTheGreat You can say that its a way of saying Hello, but for us muslims, its more like we pray for the person we greeted (forgive my bad english)..Assalamualaikum = peace be upon you...the other person must reply our greeting with Wa'alaikum mussalam = and peace be upon you (like we pray for each other peacefulnes)...from the definition you can see that actually Assalamualaikum can act both as a greeting and also a prayer.

[ZhaneTheGreat]

@snua86 I see, thank you very much for the explanation! :)

[DefOT001]

Great video Titli =) We made these in Culinary School when we did Middle East in my International Cuisine class, they are awesome :)

[yoho300]

Hahaha - half a cucumber

[Cutchswife]

LOL@the missing Falafel :D 

[whattheworldiscomin2]

ASSALAMUALAIKUM.

i really enjoy your vids and i like watching them. there is only one request. recently alot of your vids have music in them which may make it inconvinient for ppl who avoid music. i wud really appreciate it if u wud make them without music :)

JAZAKALLUKHAIRAN :)

[tube4625]

@whattheworldiscomin2 you can buy a muslim headphone that blocks out the music from any program you are watching that has music in it. it has a knob on the left earpiece that when turned shuts out the music; but there is a problem since i have been using i noticed that while adjusting the music knob my hand was touching the left earlobe as well. after a few days use of the headphones i got into the habit of touching my earlobes and i have caught myself touching my earlobes in public. be careful.

[BeeRich33]

LOL I love the noises. So you hydrate your own Garbanzos? No comments on the cucumber besides the giggle? And you MUST get a proper cutting board, not that glass thing. Makes me cringe. Egyptian men are FOS. Gouda happens!

[HappyAnitissima]

I <3 FALAFEL!!! And you're so funny! :))))

[mc4102]

titli babe, i always make mine with tinned chickpeas, but i added besan (chickpea) flour as binder, and it does not disintegrate...  you can try in your cooking lab.... good luck!

[CarolineTurpentine]

hahah i rememebr seeing that on your fb page

[l0vablelinda]

i miss my egyptian man! lol

[caroljohnson168]

Dear Titli, you are an amazingly talented, versatile woman. You do our sex proud! Thanks for all you put into these videos. They are amazing!

[TitliNihaan]

@caroljohnson168 *blush*

[Cutchswife]

@caroljohnson168 Titli is amazing, can't believe I've only just discovered. One of the best cooks on Youtube. Now following you on Twitter, Titli!

[icallgreens]

Mmmmmm... Falafel. Mmm... Cucumber dip. Mmmmm.... Titi Nihaan!

[MrBj2020]

Great Job...hopefully that will work out well for me. Last time I tried making those by using pre-made mixture from market and the results were same as your attempt with canned chick-peas...I couldn't recover those.......now I'm confident that I can do it myself!! yeah!

[KnightMD]

It looks extremely awesome, but from the first scene (the ingredients) I can tell you with 100% certainty that this is Lebanese/Syrian Falafel, and not Egyptian Falafel (which is made from Fava beans as opposed to Chickpeas)... even though I'm Egyptian, I confess -when given a choice, I'd likely go for the former :) I can't say we cook "better" than our women, but I'll tell you that I cook better & my the same can be said for my brother-in-law. Last week an Egyptian friend also cooked us a feast

[TitliNihaan]

@KnightMD That said, I do enjoy the Egyptian version (Taamiya) but I can't always get the fava beans. I should have married an Egyptian, but then if I had I would probably never have started this channel!

[sharjunkies]

Your laugh is so silly at 3:39!!! Hehe

[roseofreality]

Egyptian men are definitely not better cooks than the women!

[tube4625]

@roseofreality yes they are but only on those occasions when the wife has promised belly dancing after dinner

[costumbresdeagua]

Muchas gracias, este era el video que hacía falta.

[damon858]

I prefer to use canned chick peas then go to KFC

[popze]

Oh I'll be making these soon. I love Falafel but they do tend (in Denmark at least) to go stale and dry pretty quickly. But when they are fresh ooooh best treat ever :D

[TitliNihaan]

@popze They don't last long enough to go stale in my house...

[MegaMusikMan]

@popze hvor i al verden kan man få falafel her?

[N4r1Kr3s]

Wonderful Titli!!!

[pinthera]

Thanks for all of your recipes Titli, I love making them and its great to go to some ethnic restaurants and knowing what some of the dishes are :)

[MrStevemojo]

great vid , will defo be trying this one out, like all your vids always make me smile thx :)

[OriMedian]

Oh, dear god. This looks bloody amazing. MUST TRY! *runs to store* *can't find chick peas* FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU :<

[bigcrowfly]

The falafel made from canned garbanzo beans (chick peas) because they were cooked in the canning process. The cooking breaks down the fiber so it does not hold together when fried.

[TitliNihaan]

@bigcrowfly Exactly!

[leonelcandel]

@TitliNihaan Titli! I solve the canned chick peas problem by adding a little flour (1 or 2 spoons), that way they stick together.

[biggieshot2pac]

The last time I heard the word 'supper' was on Caiou...

[hetlir]

My vote is for "full of shit"

[behlokful]

titli dont you think removing the seeds from the cucumber will reduce the taste?

[TitliNihaan]

@behlokful Not at all. The problem with leaving the seeds in is that you also leave a lot of water in the cucumber, which in turn can make your yoghurt dip very watery.

[behlokful]

@TitliNihaan thanks ;D

[Blovinjack]

Its destiny, the day I decide to make falafel for the first time for my grandmother you post a video on how to make falafels. Guess ill make something else for tonight though cause I only have canned chick peas : O

[GraceRox16]

i love all these interesting recipes titli, there really tasty, and i always look forward to new videos from you because usually they're new foods ive never seen before. in the north u.s. we eat a lot of casserole, not much else haha. that would be cool if you did a casserole on here too though! (just a suggestion) ;P thanks k byeeeee

[TitliNihaan]

@GraceRox16 Take a look at Boeuf Bourguignonne or Lancashire Hot Pot :-)

[tuxxedomask]

Any deep friend food ends up being delicious, but i love falafel, even though never thought to make it myself! Thanks for the recipe, I will definitely be trying this once my final exams are finished at the end of the month.

[sesamealamry]

Titli I love you, here is a tip i heard, falafel shouldn't be round,you must make them flatter,to avoid the possibitlity of staying raw inside if they are round.

[TitliNihaan]

@sesamealamry I've had them all shapes!

[sesamealamry]

@TitliNihaan :))) and btw we (in yemen) make them with black eye peas.

[TitliNihaan]

@sesamealamry And serve with chili sauce :-) I got that noted on the recipe page on my website :-)

[Amarain]

LoL. i made that mistake in the beginning of using canned chickpeas-and they all fell apart! Can't wait to try this recipe-your recipes never fail.....thank you!

[Reddylion]

yummy..... what do egytian men follow ? lol

[FrancekPirosrancek]

One tip, don`t use glass or ceramic cutting boards, use wooden or plastic instead because glass is too hard and will make your knives blunt as yours clearly are. Also use a round thingy too sharpen your knives every times before you start cooking, or you can use the back of another knife with same effect. Hope it helps.

[princessaminaxx]

goooo titlii!!!! xD

i love falafel :P

[lotsabots]

Those look delicious! I love falafel and I've always wondered how to make them. :D

[agnesdeque]

Meuuuuh non,Titli,c'est TOI la meilleure !!! et pas qu'en cuisine ...

[liaalixx]

i love falafel ...they taste so good

[J3ofHearts]

go titli !!

[piimpet4]

oh no titli !!! i really don't want to be one of those people that tell you your way is HORRIBLE lol

instead i will strive to send u my families recipe of falefel! im sure youll love it.

btw i enjoy watching you keep it up ;)

if you ever need a good lebanese recipe, my mums ones are at your service :)

Mona.

[TitliNihaan]

@piimpet4 LOL! The great thing about falafel is that it is one of those foods that has many variations and allows itself to be experimented on. I'm experimenting with an Indian version!

[piimpet4]

@TitliNihaan

ooooo i didnt know indians made falafel!

thats pretty cool

[TitliNihaan]

@piimpet4 They don't, at least to my knowledge!

[AngryLlamaz]

Titli, I am not trying to put you on the spot or test you.. I just want your opinion on this cause you're a Caucasian Muslim.. but: How do you feel about Israel and Jewish people??

[Lassionbabe]

@AngryLlamaz Godwin spot reached :)

[TitliNihaan]

@Lassionbabe Godwin spot?

[Lassionbabe]

@TitliNihaan Well, when someone is talking about religious or political conflicts that can get out of hands quickly on the internet, we call this the Godwin spot :)

[TitliNihaan]

@Lassionbabe OK! Thanks for teaching me something new today!  How did the name arise?

[Lassionbabe]

@TitliNihaan No problem, I guess you've taught me much more stuff by uploading your videos! :)

The expression came from a Usenet user called Mike Godwin. You can find more data on wikipedia if you're interested in it!

[TitliNihaan]

@AngryLlamaz That's a loaded question! Let me answer it this way: I know and work with many people from all sorts of Faiths. As long as they treat me in a civil manner then I will treat them the same way, regardless of their ethnicity or my own prejudices (we all have in-built prejudices).

On the subject of Israel... I prefer to stay out of politics!

[hareem]

@TitliNihaan Very well said indeed

[axid123]

did you lose your HD camera ?

[TitliNihaan]

@axid123 No. YouTube is still processing it. It'll get better shortly :-)

[OCDchris]

yay been waiting for a new titli video!!! no HD!!!

[TitliNihaan]

@OCDchris It's still processing. I sound like I'm in a cave!

[sanahk88]

ive never had a falafel!

[yosomolo]

looks yummy