Dip for Falafel

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ChrissyV
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Dip for Falafel

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2 TBS Olive Oil
1-2 Eggs
2 Pinch Salt
2 TBS Coriander, ground
2-3 TBS Harrisa-Paste
4 TBS Tomatopaste, or small can
4-5 Garlic Cloves, diced very fine   :blink:

On medium heat fry the Garlic in a pan with a lid. Be careful not to burn it..
Add the Tomatopaste and sear.
Add the Harrisa Paste and stir well, fill up the little can of the tomatopaste with water and
give this and the coriander to the sauce and mix well.
Give the eggs on top of it~ carefull not to breake them~cover with the lid and cook it for 2 Minutes.
Pull the pan from the heat~let it settle for a minute~ mix it up carfully so that the eggs are not getting too tiny pieces,
should be like Tsp size.....With the lid back on put in on the heat agin till the eggs are done.
Salt to taste...

Just in case you can't get your fingers on a tube of Harissa paste you can make your own:

Harissa-Paste

1 red pepper
1 red onion
3 cloves of garlic
1/4 tsp caraway seeds
1/4 tsp coriander seeds
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1/2 tsp salt
Juice of half a lemon
Olive oil
1 dried chilli
2 fresh red chillies

1. Skin the pepper by scorching it over a gas hob, or under a very hot grill until it's black and blistered.
Pop it into a bowl and cover with clingfilm. Once it's cool, the skin should peel off easily.

2. Meanwhile, put the caraway, coriander and cumin into a dry frying pan and fry until fragrant (it should only take a couple of minutes - shake it around a bit to make sure it doesn't burn). Pound to a powder in a pestle and mortar and set aside.

3. Chop the onion and garlic roughly (it's all going in the food processor later anyway...), chop and deseed both types of chillies. Put it all in a hot frying pan with a glug of olive oil and fry for 20 mins or so, until it's nicely golden but not burnt.

4. Put everything (that's skinned peppers, crushed and roasted spices, and golden onions & chillies) into the magimix, along with the salt and lemon juice. Whiz to a brilliant orange paste and you're done.

Harissa keeps well in the fridge for a few days, just cover it with some olive oil. I would also hazard a guess that it freezes too.
Last edited by Anonymous on August 2nd, 2009, 11:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
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