Chopping Cilantro & Mint for Falafel

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Amanda with Expert Village. In this clip we are going to actually chop the cilantro and the fresh mint. So I have fresh mint here from my garden. It is a fairly easy herb to grow so if you are in good in the garden and you have a little plot is easy enough to just plant it out there an it would grow like a weed. So one of the benefits of the mint is that it has oil on the surface of the leaves which can help to relieve the nasal passage from hay fever. As well it is great for digestion. So I'm going to take it and chop it up. I'm not washing it today just cause I like to keep the flavor of oils a little stronger. I really like fresh mint so I just try to do a little to it as possible. We would wash the cilantro here. So I'm just going to make sure the cilantro is clean with no discolored leaves. Now I would chop the cilantro. Cilantro which is coriander, cilantro is the the leaf and coriander is the seed is known as a herb and a spice. We would be using a half a cup of cilantro today. Now I have half a cup of cilantro here and a quarter cup of the mint. "