you do not need tahini for hummus. You can easily make it without it and you can't even really tell the difference, and I do all the time like that. I think recipes that call for large amounts of tahini taste nasty, myself. If you are a first timer, just leave it out. It's riduculous to buy a whole container for a couple of tablespoons.
The Silver Palate recipe is very, very good.
re felafel - boxed mix in most health food sections or ethnic/asian sections. Just add water. Use lots of water, if you don't it's very dense and can generate really noxious gas. I like to do my felafel mix 1/2 and 1/2 with cooked rice, and make "burgers" out of it.



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