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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in large heavy frying pan over medium high heat. | 2. Fry onions until tender but not brown, stirring often. | 3. Place chickpeas and garlic in a large bowl and mash well. | 4. Stir in the fried onions, the spices, and the nuts and cracker crumbs. | 5. Add the eggs if you are using them and enough reserved fluid from cooking the chickpeas to make a very thick mixture, the consistency of meat for meatballs. If you are not using eggs the mixture will hold together better if you let it sit overnight in the refrigerator. | 6. Form balls about 1-2 inches in diameter, slightly flatten them, and drop them into the same frying pan that you cooked the onions in with enough oil to cover the bottom. | 7. Cook them for about five minutes to a side till they are browned and slightly crispy. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
extra virgin olive oil				-	-	-	-
onion	1/2	cup	minced	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
garlic clove	5		peeled chopped	-	-	-	-
chickpea	2	cups	cooked cooled	1512.0	251.8	81.88	24.16
almond	1	cup	roasted chopped	1927.12	0.0	0.0	218.0
cilantro	1	tablespoon		0.23	0.0367	0.0213	0.0052
parsley	1	teaspoon		0.45	0.0791	0.0371	0.0099
turmeric	1/2	teaspoon		4.68	1.0071	0.1452	0.0488
chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		3.807	0.6709999999999999	0.1817	0.1928
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cumin	1/2	teaspoon	ground	3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338
saltine cracker	1/2	cup	crumbled	146.3	25.9175	3.3110000000000004	3.0239999999999996
egg	3		recommended	214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
olive oil				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.