middle eastern dishes

[quatre_vingts]

Does anyone have suggestions on how to make football-shaped kibbeh? I found a vegetarian recipe (uses TVP) that looks pretty easy to veganize (soyogurt/blended tofu for the eggs), but like many recipes, it seems you press it in a pan, cut into little diamond shapes, and bake. The football recipes involve making a shell of pureed meat and bulghur to

Comments

[brymbyl]

the secret to making good falafel is to have enough oil to cover the balls hot enough to solidify them fast enough.

[ex_mesmeriz]

I don't know if this is what you're looking for but I absolutely love these:
http://www.stuttercut.org/hungry/archives/recipes/000591.php
I actually tend to add more spices though like what this site recommends: http://www.justhungry.com/2005/06/samosalike_lent.html
They turn out really yummy and are a great way to eat lentils when you're not feeling like something wet or too 'mushy'.