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Egyptian ful medames

Cooked fava beans with garlic, cumin, and lemon, finished with olive oil. This quick version uses canned cooked beans and keeps the dish’s rustic texture.

Ful medames is an Egyptian fava bean dish often served for breakfast. Here, canned cooked beans are warmed, partly mashed for body, and seasoned with garlic, cumin, lemon, and olive oil.

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Total time15 min
DifficultyEasy
servings4
Egyptian ful medames
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Method

  1. 01

    Warm the beans

    Put the canned cooked fava beans and their liquid in a saucepan. Warm them over low heat for 10 minutes.

    10 min
  2. 02

    Prepare the seasoning

    While the beans warm, mix the crushed garlic and ground cumin with the juice of the squeezed lemon.

  3. 03

    Mash and finish

    Lightly mash some of the beans in the saucepan, leaving the rest whole. Stir in the seasoning and serve with the olive oil poured over the top.

Sources and review

Content researched, cross-checked and automatically validated. Sources consulted:

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