Ful Medames Recipe (Stewed Fava Beans)
Ful Medames is a very popular Middle Eastern breakfast that is totally vegan. It is served hot with pita bread and chopped vegetables.
Ingredients
- 1 can fava beans with liquid
- ¼-½ teaspoon salt or as desired
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 4-5 cloves garlic
- 3 tablespoons olive oil divided
- 1 small roma tomato
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 2 tablespoons green onion
- Shatta (spicy sauce) as per personal taste
Instructions
- Heat fava beans in liquid with garlic for 2-3 minutes until it becomes soft and bubbly.
- Keep the beans soaked in their liquid while heating them.
- Add cumin and salt.
- Mash the garlic and beans to your liked consistency.
- Mix in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, most of the chopped vegetables leaving some for garnish.
- Drizzle the last tablespoon of olive oil on top of the fava beans dish.
- Top the dish with some Tatbeeleh or Shatta (spicy sauce).
Notes
- Instead of sprinkling the fresh chopped vegetables over the ful, you can serve them in a side dish, leaving it to personal taste.
- Some people like this recipe even more sour, so they add a squeeze of a lemon to the ful once it is cooked and before mashing it.
- While heating the fava beans, the liquid might dry out. So keep checking the ful. If you find it dehydrated, add some water to rehydrate it.
- Don't overmash the ful. The perfect texture is to have a combo of mashed, semi-mashed, and unmashed beans.
- Middle easterners generally use this recipe as a dip with pita bread. In addition to chopped parsley, tomatoes, and green onions, they serve it with other additives. Some of them put a dish of chopped mint, radishes, pickles, or cucumbers with the ful medames.
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