Ful Medames

Name: Ful Medames
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: middle_eastern
Ingredients: 2 (15 oz) cans, with their liquid canned fava beans; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 (juice of) lemon; 3 tbsp, plus more to finish extra-virgin olive oil; 1, finely diced ripe tomato; small handful, chopped flat-leaf parsley; 4 hard-boiled eggs; to serve warm pita bread; to taste fine sea salt

The everyday Egyptian breakfast — slow-stewed fava beans crushed warm with garlic, cumin, lemon, and good olive oil, eaten with flatbread and a hard-boiled egg.

vegetarian
dairy-free
nut-free
contains-eggs

Ingredients

canned fava beans2 (15 oz) cans, with their liquid
garlic cloves2
ground cumin1 tsp
lemon1 (juice of)
extra-virgin olive oil3 tbsp, plus more to finish
ripe tomato1, finely diced
flat-leaf parsleysmall handful, chopped
hard-boiled eggs4
warm pita breadto serve
fine sea saltto taste

Steps

Warm the beans.
Pour the beans with their liquid into a small saucepan and warm over medium heat until just bubbling, about 6 minutes.
Make garlic and cumin paste.
Pound the garlic with a pinch of salt and the cumin into a paste using a mortar and pestle, or mince finely.
Mix garlic paste, lemon juice, and olive oil into beans.
Stir the garlic paste, lemon juice, and olive oil into the beans. Crush about half the beans roughly against the side of the pan with the back of a spoon.
Adjust seasoning and serve.
Taste and adjust salt and lemon. Tip into a wide bowl, top with diced tomato, parsley, a long pour of olive oil, and the halved eggs.
Serve hot with warm pita for scooping.

Nutrition

Nutrition, per serving. 320 calories. Protein 18.5 grams, 22 percent. Carbs 35 grams, 41 percent. Fat 14 grams, 37 percent. Fiber 11 grams, sugar 5 grams, saturated fat 2.5 grams, sodium 450 milligrams. Estimated from ingredients.