Falafel in health-food stores. While often used to make veggie burgers, it has become more widely used as a source of protein. In the United States, falafel's versatility has allowed for the reformulating of recipes for meatloaf, sloppy joes and spaghetti and meatballs into vegetarian dishes. Falafel is made from fava beans or chickpeas. The use of chickpeas is predominant in most Middle Eastern countries, such as Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. This version is the most popular in the West. In Egypt, fava beans, chickpeas, or often a combination of the two may be used. When chickpeas are used,
Scallion abundance, as an accompaniment to tofu, noodle dishes, hot pots and stir fries. In Vietnam, Welsh onion is important to prepare "dưa hành" (fermented onions) which is served for Tết, the Vietnamese New Year. A kind of sauce, "mỡ hành" (Welsh onion fried in oil), is used in dishes such as "cơm tấm", "bánh ít" and "cà tím nướng". Welsh onion is the main ingredient in the dish "cháo hành", which is a rice porridge used to treat the common cold. In India, it is eaten as an appetizer (raw) with main meals. In north India, coriander, mint and onion