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Ful Medames

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Cultural note: Stewed fava beans have fed Egyptians since antiquity; today ful is sold from street carts at dawn with baladi bread.
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Ful Medames

10 minPrep
15 minCook
4Servings
1/5Difficulty
2/5Impressiveness

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Ingredients

  • 2 cans (400 g) fava beans, with liquid
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • salt, chili, parsley, tahini, eggs, pita

Instructions

  1. Simmer beans with their liquid 10 minutes.
  2. Mash roughly.
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  1. Stir in garlic, cumin, lemon and salt.
  2. Serve with olive oil, tomato, parsley, pita and eggs.

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