Flavors of the Caribbean

What follows is a recipe from our Food and Beverage Manager, Rui Freitas.


Rui Freitas, Food and Beverage Manager

I would like to share one of my favourite dishes from my travels all over the world. This dish is prepared by our own Chef Khaled and is featured weekly on our lunch buffet served at the Clubhouse. Chef Khaled joined us in Mid April 2002 from Lebanon and brings a wealth of experience from his 12 years specializing in Middle Eastern food. We hope you enjoy it too!

Felafel are crunchy chick pea nuggets that make a delicious and very healthy sandwich and are a great vegetarian option.

Falafel

Ingredients
8 oz Felafel Dry Mix

1/2 c Water

Salt

Method
To prepare the Felafel, add 1/2 cup of water to the Felafel mix and mix this well. Add salt, to your taste. Make sure the mixture is moist and not too thick—add more water as necessary. Let it rest for 30 minutes. Shape Felafel into balls with a spoon. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet and fry Felafel balls until crispy and brown.

Tahina Sauce

Ingredients
8 oz Tahina mix

1 8 oz container plain yoghurt

1/2 c water

Juice from a lemon

Chopped parsley

Salt to taste

Method
To prepare the Tahina sauce mix the tahina mix with the plain yoghurt in a Blender. Add small quantities of water with lemon juice while you blend to thin as desired (and to taste). Add the chopped parsley and salt to taste. Place in a bowl for dipping or pouring over the Felafel balls and salad.

On a plate prepare a mixed chopped salad of lettuce, tomatoes, assorted pickles and chopped mint. To serve, place the Tahina sauce in a bowl in the center of the plate and arrange the Felafel balls on the salad.

Another serving suggestion is to shape the Felafel into patties, cook the patties and serve them with Pita bread topped with chopped lettuce, tomatoes and Tahina sauce.

Enjoy!

Chef Khaled and one of our favourite Middle Eastern delights, Felafel served with Tahina sauce on a bed of Mediterranean Salad.

We continually add recipes to North Soundings Online. To see what has been added since this issues was published go to our master list of recipes: Recipes from Bitter End Yacht Club.