Breakfast and brunch
Secrets to Perfectly Boiling Fava Beans
Ful medames is one of the most beloved breakfast dishes, with slight variations in seasoning from one country to another, or even from one region to another within the same country. Here, we share the secrets to perfectly boiling fava beans while keeping their color light and seasoning them to your taste!
Ingredients
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- Half a kilo of fava beans (suitable for ful medames)
- Two tablespoons of yellow cracked lentils
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon dried coriander
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
Method
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- Cover the fava beans with clean water and soak them for 12 hours or overnight with half a teaspoon of baking sodaTimers: 720 min
- The next day... wash the beans and place them in a pot over the heat, covering them with clean water, of course, to just above their level. Add another half teaspoon of baking soda, half a teaspoon of turmeric, half a teaspoon of cumin, and the cracked lentils
- Lower the heat after boiling and let the beans simmer until tender.... They won't need much time because of the baking soda
- When the fava beans are cooked, discard the cooking water and cover the beans again with clean water. Add the remaining turmeric and cumin, along with 1 teaspoon dried coriander
- Let them boil again for just 10 minutesTimers: 10 min
- After boiling the fava beans, you can make them with tahini.. this is the method for Fava Beans with Tahini
- Seasoning the fava beans will take only minutes.. and this is the tastiest way to make Ful Medames
Recipe tags
Breakfast and brunchInternationalVegetarianVeganDairy freeGluten freeNut freeEgg freeBoiledBreakfastLegumes
Notes and serving ideas
- Fava Beans with Tahini
- Ful Medames
