There's more to the festival of light than latkes and doughnuts. There are other ways to celebrate:
1. Sushi latkes from Pickles and Bakes
Pinterest dedicated a page to Chanukah recipes for the first day. They were supplied by catering company Pickles and Bakes for some fun recipes, like these Japanese-inspired rice latkes.
Find more recipes here.
2. Falafel from Bubala and Bubie
From the uber talented chef, Helen Graham of Bubala — who is celebrating the safe arrival (in Kentish Town) of new takeaway only outlet, Bubie — is a fabulous new falafel recipe.
Falafel
Makes: approx 12 balls
Ingredients:
125g dry chickpeas, soaked overnight (soaked weight should be around 250g)
125g peeled onion, roughly chopped
7g garlic
10g red chilli, roughly chopped
30g parsley, stalks removed and roughly chopped
75g fresh coriander roughly chopped
11g falafel spice mix
4g table salt
8g baking powder
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