Raw Falafel (Curry)

After many requests, here it is: the raw falafel recipe:

It's a simple flax, sunflower seed mixture, 1:1, ground up completely and put into a bowl; I used a cup and a half of each. Mix in your dry spices; in this case I used: 1 1/2 Tbsp turmeric root powder, 1 tsp. whole cumin seeds, 2 tsp. paprika, 1 Tbsp. red pepper flakes, 1 tsp cayenne powder, 2 tsp. dry terragon leaves and 2 tsp ground mustard seed. After mixing those together I began to add my wet ingredients: 2 Tbsp. respectively Bragg's or Tamari (or Nama Shoyu for purism) and cold-pressed olive-oil and finally 1/2 C of water to make a solid batter-like consistancy. I pattied it out into falafels and put it in the dehydrator for 3 hours. Flipped them for another 3 hours.

Finally I spread the hummus recipe from below on top of them with another side of the same hummus, red, green and gold salad and cucumber and carrots.

Serves 4-5 easily! I was able to make 6 falafels out of the above ingredients.

Much Loves, and enjoy!
Xam Devesh


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Raw Hummus Recipe (no zucchini!!!)

So here's the local favorite: Xam's raw hummus! It's all seed/nut based, check it out:

First you take 1 1/2C sunflower seeds and 1 1/2C cashews (1:1) and grind them up like so:

Then you throw them in the blender along with 2 Tbsp nama shoyu (or bragg's/tamari for the less expensive, non-raw version), 1 Tbsp Turmeric Root Powder, 1 tsp. Cayenne, 2 Tbsp. Nutritional Yeast (optional), 1 tsp. Terragon, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 clove garlic, 1 Tbsp. Cold-pressed Olive Oil, and about a cup and a half of water like so:

Add water until you achieve a smooth consistancy, be careful though - too much will make it more liquid than creamy. If you go overboard on the water, it's all right, it makes a fine salad dressing.

Your consistency should look like this when it's done:

And just to be cute and perfectionist like the Virgo Rising that I am, I put it in a little hummus container like this:

Enjoy with Carrots, Celery or on Kale wraps! Anything you can think of!



Much Loves everybody,
Xam Devesh

Tonya's Seed Cheese Recipe

My partner's roommate Tonya made a seed cheese today - a kind of multi-purpose dip/spread/dressing to do a variety of things with. We put them on some onion flax bread and leaves of kale to make nice little wraps. I've also used this type of thing as a salad dressing (if you add more water) and as a hummus substitute! Anyway, here's the recipe from today's!

Ingredients:
1 1/2 c sunflower seeds
1/4 c nama shoyu
3 lemons
3 cloves of garlic
2 tsps cayenne powder (or 1/2 a cayenne pepper)
Water to consistancy

Recipe:
Blend or grind the sunflower seeds by themselves until they're a coarse powder.

In the blender, put in the nama shoyu, squeeze the lemons, add the garlic and cayenne. On top of all that add the sunflower seed powder and blend (and add water) until you've achieved a hummus-like consistancy. If using for a dressing add more water until you've reached the consistancy you'd like!

Enjoy this very verstile recipe!!

Much Loves,
Xam Devesh