Wayne and Rebecca Madsen

Falafel
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1 15 oz. can of garbanzo beans, drained
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
1 TBS fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp groun coriander
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
1/8 tsp ground red pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced

Tahini sauce
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1/2 cup parsley, chopped
1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup tahini (if you don't know what this is, ask us!)
2 tsp honey
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tsp salt
black pepper

You also need
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2 tsp olive oil
4 pitas (i think that the six-inch variety is nice)
lettuce

First make the falafel. Put all the ingredients into a food processor and blend until smooth. Make 3 inch patties out of the mixture (it should make about eight of them). Put 2 teaspoons of olive oil into a pan and fry up the patties. They won't completely solidify, but you need to keep them together. Fry them until they're browned.

Next, put the tahini sauce ingredients into the food processor and run until very smooth.

Now it's time to put the sandwiches together. Warm up the pita (about 30 seconds a piece in the microwave should be just right) until they bend really well, so you can roll them. Put two falafel patties on each pita, covering with about 2 TBS of tahini sauce. Then cover with lettuce (however much you want). Roll the sandwich up and enjoy!