Falafel / Chickpeas Vadai

Falafel is a middle eastern recipe. It is more or like south indian masala vadai/paruppu vadai. The main difference here is grinding all ingredients together including onions, cilantro, green chilli etc with chickpeas. I usually use parsley for this recipe. But today I am going to use cilantro(coriander leaves) instead of parsley because parsley may not be available at many places.

Home Made Red Chilli Paste / How to Make Red Chilli Paste

Red Chilli powder can be replaced by this home made red chilli paste in most of the dry curries, gravies, non veg dishes and even in biriyani. It gives a nice color and flavour to the dishes. You can store red chilli paste in refrigerator and use it whenever you wants. Here i am preparing a small batch of chilli paste. You can adjust the quantity according to your needs.