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What is Falafel?
Ingredients for Falafel
Soaking Chickpeas For Falafel
Cooking Chickpeas For Falafel
Mixing Ingredients For Falafel
Making Falafel Balls
Heating Oil For Frying Falafel
Frying Falafel Balls
What is Pita Bread?
Ingredients for Pita Bread
Kneading Pita Bread Dough
Cutting & Rolling Pita Bread Dough
Baking Pita Bread
Making Israeli Salad
Making Techina Salad
Cooking Chickpeas For Chumous Salad
Mixing Ingredients For Chumous Salad
Making Fried Eggplant
Serving Falafel
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Summary: How falafel fits into the Middle Eastern diet; learn more about making traditional Middle Eastern food in this free cooking video.
Rachel Dayan has traveled the world where she picked up many recipes and styles of cooking which helped her open her own catering business in Florida. She has now moved back to Israel...read more
Falafel is a staple in the diets of many cultures of the Middle East. Mizrahi Jews have eaten falafel for hundreds of years, and its popularity has spread to Europe and the US, where it is commonly eaten as a sandwich inside pita bread. Falafel is made from fava beans or chickpeas, sometimes both, which is formed into balls with spices and other ingredients, and fried. In Israel falafel is commonly served with fried eggplant.
In this series of free cooking videos you'll learn how to make Middle Eastern dishes that include falafel, fried eggplant, Chumous salad, Israeli salad, Techina salad, and pita bread from scratch. Expert Rachel Dayan shares these recipes and demonstrates how to make them in easy to follow step-by-step instructions. You'll learn how to turn raw chick peas into fried falafel, how to make homemade pita bread, and how to serve it together with various types of salad for a delicious Middle Eastern meal.
"Hi I'm Rachel Dayan for Expert Village today I'm going to show you how to make middle eastern dinner. I'm going to show you how to make fresh pita bread, falafel balls, eggplant fried eggplant, Israeli salad, hummus salad, and Techina salad. Falafel is one of the most popular food in the middle east it can either be eaten as food or you can find in middle fancy restaurants too. Falafel is the plural Arabic word of filfil which means pepper. Because of the many immigrants that came to the United States from Arab countries you find a lot of restaurants around the country that would serve falafel. Falafel which was brought to us from Egypt originally became in Israel where I live now."
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