Ta'ameya ( Egyptian Falafel )

Preparation time: 8 hours 28 minutes

Servings: 10

Ingredients:

• Fava beans - 2 cups
• Parsley - 1/2 cup
• Dill - half cup
• Coriander powder - 1 and half tsps.
• Ground cumin - 1 teaspoon
• Sesame seeds - 1 cup
• Vegetable oil  
• Red onion (quartered) - 1
• Cilantro - half cup
• Garlic - 3 cloves
• Salt - 1 1/2 teaspoons

Directions:

• Take a mixing bowl and stir in the fava beans. Pour several inches of water in it. Soak the fava beans for 8 hours. Sieve.
• Blend fava beans, cumin, red onion, salt, parsley, coriander, cilantro, garlic, and dill in a blender.
• Heat a saucepan. Stir in the sesame seeds and cook until they are fried (for 5 minutes). Put the roasted sesame seeds in a plate.
• Form the fava mixture like balls. Coat with sesame seeds.
• Heat 1/4 of oil in a pan. Sauté the balls until they get light brown (for 5 minutes). Sieve on the paper towels.