Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)
Egypt's breakfast for centuries — small brown fava beans warmed and crushed with garlic, cumin, lemon and olive oil, topped with tomato, parsley and chilli and scooped up with flatbread.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 800 g tinned fava beans (ful medames), with their liquid
- 60 ml olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1.5 tsp ground cumin
- 3 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp tahini
- 1 medium tomato, finely diced
- 15 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 4 pita or other flatbreads
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2161 kcal · P 93.8g · C 272.7g · F 85.3g
Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Tip the beans and their liquid into a pan and warm them over medium heat for 8–10 minutes, until bubbling and soft enough to crush between two fingers.
- 2Meanwhile crush the garlic with the salt and cumin into a paste.
- 3Crush about half the beans in the pan with a potato masher or the back of a fork, leaving the rest whole, so the mixture is thick but chunky.
- 4Stir in the garlic paste, the lemon juice and half the olive oil and cook for 1 minute more.
- 5Spoon into a shallow dish, drizzle with the tahini and the rest of the olive oil, then scatter with the tomato, parsley and chilli.
- 6Serve warm, with the flatbreads for scooping.
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Questions and answers
How long does Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans) take to make?
About 22 minutes: 10 min prep and 12 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)?
11 ingredients: tinned fava beans, olive oil, garlic cloves, ground cumin, lemon juice, salt, tahini, tomato, flat-leaf parsley, red chilli, pita or other flatbreads.
How many servings does this Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans) recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)?
About 540 kcal, with 23.5 g protein, 68.2 g carbohydrate and 21.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans) recipe suit?
It is vegan.
What cuisine is Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans)?
Ful Medames (Egyptian Fava Beans) comes from Egyptian cuisine.
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