Comments on: Are Falafel and Tahini nutritious too?

By: Abhishek Gutgutia

Abhishek Gutgutia — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:41:13 +0000

Great to come across your blog. I am a big fan of Hummus and recently decided to make some at home since we don’t get it easily in India. I hope your recipe turns out real good. Thanks a lot !

By: jamil

jamil — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:55:43 +0000

I eat falafel and hummus everyday almost here..im living in nazareth for the next year its been about 2.5 months now..and i have gained weight though…i do feel like i look skinnier but the scale doesnt lie..unless ive burned fat and gained muscle but i dont really workout just pushups..

By: kathleen

kathleen — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:25:35 +0000

Jose,

I live in Quito and if I can find tahini here, I bet you can find it over there. The one I buy is made in Colombia but very good.

By: Aalok

Aalok — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:37:59 +0000

Just wanted to know has anyone in any part of world has seen variations like onion falafel, egg falafel, chicken falafel, shrimps falafel or it has been everywhere the authentic conventional plain falafel, which is really amazing.

By: anna

anna — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:22:47 +0000

I freakin love hummous. Im italian but i think that my heritage is more middle eastern, I look like a gypsy girl but hummous beats out mashed potatoes and gravy. lasagna, shrimp scampi. I love italian food, but this one dish is indescribable.. I make it with cece beans, tahinin, olive oil, fresh lemon, fresh garlic….i love this dish…..

By: shooky

shooky — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:32:28 +0000

Musical – yeah, that’s the whole point. Falafel is very cheap here too, and it’s both tasty and nutritional (when it’s fresh and clean). That’s why a whole generation here was grown eating falafel.

By: musicalchef

musicalchef — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:41:08 +0000

Well, I personally didn’t really care whether falafel and tahini were nutritious or not, since I’m going to eat it regardless! But it’s good to know that it is healthy. Here in Jordan, a falafel sandwich is very cheap!

By: shooky

shooky — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:34:59 +0000

Vibeke – right, thanks!
Marchaba and welcome to the hummus blog. I think you are our first commenter from Kuwait (we had 12 other visitors from Kuwait in the last month though).

By: Vibeke

Vibeke — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:04:05 +0000

Hi! Lovely blog!

Just wanted to point out a typo in this post. You wrote that falafel is made mostly of tahini I suppose you want to write chickpeas.

By: shooky

shooky — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:53:32 +0000

Hi Jose,
In the future I’ll write a post – or maybe even make a video – explaining how to make raw tahini. The process is a bit tricky and I have a bit of a struggle with it myself.

Anyhow – you simply can’t make hummus without tahini.
I’m sure you can find tahini in Uruguay, but if not – try our aStore (up on the right). You can find some decent tahini products there which I believe could be sent to you even to Urugway, Good luck.

By: inusid

inusid — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:46:16 +0000

jose.

yo lo que hago siempre cuando no tengo tahina es usar yogur blanco sin azucar. en realidad lo uso tambien cuando tengo tahina. jejeje
es un truco que me dio un amigo sirio.
prueba!
queda muy cremoso y sabroso.
si no te convence (lo dudo), tambien puedes probar a comprar las semillas de sesamo y hacer una especie de pasta machacandolas.
el resultado sera un tahina sin refinar. tahina de pueblo, que le llamo yo.
a disfrutar, majete!

By: Jose

Jose — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:16:13 +0000

Hi there,

My name is Jose, I’m from Uruguay.
I love hummus and I’d like to prepare some for myself.
The problem is that hummus is not really a tyipical food in this country, so it’s very difficult to find tahini. I don’t know any place where I could find it.
Is there some way of making hummus without tahini?
If so, I’d be grateful if you could give me the recipe.

Cheers, and thanks again, in advance.

Jose