Recipe courtesy of Rebecca Groat's mother, Virginia Ely.

Ingredients:

1 small onion, finely chopped
several garlic cloves (to taste)
1 can (15 oz.) Garbonzo beans, drained
2 to 3 Tblsp bread or cracker crumbs
1 tsp salt
3 Tblsp tahini (If you can't find it, you can get by without it)
1 Tblsp parsley
1 tsp cumin 1 egg
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp tumeric

Mash the garbanzo beans, or put in a blender until smooth, and then combine with onion. When the mixture is a smooth texture, stir in the remaining ingredients. When well blended, prepare the falafel into the desired for and then prepare as desired, frying patties or balls is the most common method of preparation.