Hey Kids! Who likes FALAFEL? :) . . . . Kibbie? . . . . How about Chapati or Tzatziki?

[Stinky The Clown]

For supper tonight, we toured from the Eastern Mediterranean, down through the Arabian peninsula, and across to India.

This all started when I found some refrigerated uncooked chapati in a package at Costco. This is the first time I have ever seen them, so naturally, I had to try them. I'm not a big fan of Indian food in general, but I like na'an and I like roti and chapati. I tend to pair them with things of different ethnicity for a fusion meal.

Soooo ..... I cooked up a small batch of the chapati, all puffed and amazingly authentic. I cooked them in my tortilla pans.

Meanwhile, we whipped out some tzatziki, which we all love, and chopped some tomatoes and onions.

In the oven were a half dozen big, fat kibbies and a dozen or so falafel balls.

A green salad was the side.

We wrapped the falafel, tomato chunks, and onions, slathered with tzatziki, in the chapati. MMMmmmmMMMM!

The kibbie we just ate out of hand, dipped in the tzatziki.

This was all very filling and really, really satisfying. And as it was all from Costco and not at all expensive, cheap and easy to boot.

I bet no restaurant on earth ever served this combination.

[Lucinda]

1. Sounds like a lot of fun.

And delicious too!

[trud]

2. I like

"falafel, tomato chunks, and onions, slathered with tzatziki, in the chapati."

I like falafel with lettuce, tomato, and lots of hummus in half a pita. A Palestinian-run takeout place where I lived sold those. Yum.

[tigereye]

3. I remember making chapatis in high school for a project

also had to make ghee.

Good for you- sounds so good!

[beac]

4. Mmmm... tasty! Might have to make falafel tonight's dinner

after reading your post. I love it and should really put it into the rotation more often. :)

[kestrel91316]

5. I make whole wheat chapatis when I fix Indian food - bake 'em right in my

small cast iron skillet. Yummmmmm

And since every other restaurant in this neighborhood is middle eastern, yeah, I am familiar with all of the above. I LOVE falafel. And shawarma/gyros.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I never cease to marvel at the similarities in cuisine, no matter where one comes from.

Off the specific topic in the OP, I made fried dough for the Christmas season. In the part of Italy my family is from, it is called pizza fritte - fried dough. We eat it by dipping it in white sugar and eating it. It goes well as either a sweet or savory. We make a variation with mashed anchovies in the dough. No sugar on that one and it is obviously only a savory.

Now go around and ask almost anyone if their culture has a form of fried dough in it. Almost all cultures do.

How many names are there - and in how many countries - for gyros? Or pita? how different if na'an, really, from a pita?

I LOVE this sort of thing!

[Catherina]

7. me, me me!!!

:bounce: :bounce:


I make my own home made kibbee, to die for.

Do you grill? I kid you not, buy lamb and goat chops in a Halal store. Marinate them in a nice vinaigrette for 12 hours. Then grill. Serve with your next Arabian feast.

Your falafal wrap sounds so yummy! I'm going to try it.