falafel

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The Hummus War: Lebanon Takes on Israel says the popular chickpea dip as well as dishes such as falafel, baba ghannouj and tabbouleh belong to Lebanon, not Israel.

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  1. noun Ground spiced chickpeas shaped into balls and fried.
  2. noun A sandwich filled with such a mixture.

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  • Amato sums it up nicely: It's all about intimidation plain and simple, and the falafel is now out of the bag. —  News Hounds
  • Others sat under the several white tents, snacking on kosher fare, such as falafel (ground chick peas), knish (potato pancakes) and kishke (beef intestine stuffed with matzo and spices). —  News from www.rep-am.com
  • We merely pointed out to UPS what a dooshbag O'falafel is and wondered to them if they wanted to be associated with such idiocy. —  Think Progress
  • Simply saying the word falafel makes mouths happy. —  The Liquid Muse
  • Use a spatula to carefully flip the falafel, and brown on the other sides, about another one to two minutes.
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  1. Arabic falāfil, pl. of filfil, pepper, probably from Sanskrit pippalī; see pepper.
 

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