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Summary: Learn how to smash the garbanzo beans to make falafel following this easy Greek video recipe.
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"Hello my name is J and I'm talking on behalf of Expert Village and we are going to move on with the falafel dish and I'm going to add my chic peas. You want to drain your chic peas, add them to a big bowl like that as you can see, put a little bit of salt on them. Fresh ground black pepper. What you want to do is you want to smooch this down. If you want to stick this in the blender you can it is up to you I'm just going to do this real quick. Every single time you add ingredients to this you are going to want to seasoning it. What you can do you can a little bit of oil to this it makes it a little easier to smooch down when it is a little wet. So this is basically the base of your falafel and this is what is going to give it's texture, this is basically the meat part. Make sure that everyone of those beans are nice and mixed up just like that. That is how you add your chic peas for your falafel."
eHow Article: How to Smash Garbanzo Beans for Greek Falafel