Egypt

Ful medames

Name: Ful medames
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Egyptian
Ingredients: 2 cups cooked fava beans cooked fava beans (fava beans); 3 cloves crushed garlic; 1 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 diced tomato; a handful flat leaf parsley; 1 green chilli; Salt, to taste

Slow cooked fava beans with cumin, lemon and olive oil. Egypt's breakfast for millennia.

20 minTime

10 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayEgyptian street style.

The original

219kcalsame

10 gproteinsame

7 gfibresame

20minutessame

The original ful medames.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cooked fava beans (fava beans)2 cups cooked fava beans

Garlic3 cloves, crushed

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp

Lemon juice2 tbsp

Olive oil2 tbsp

Tomato1, diced

Flat leaf parsleya handful

Green chilli1

Saltto taste

Method

3 steps

1Warm the beans in their liquid until steaming hot.
2Mash roughly with garlic, cumin, lemon and salt, loosening with some of the hot liquid.
3Spoon into a bowl and top with olive oil, tomato, parsley and chilli.

Serve it like this

Spoon into a shallow bowl, flood with olive oil and serve with warm bread, pickles, onion and boiled eggs.

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Ful medames

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Ingredients

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