How to Royal Appetizing Egyptian Fooul (Fava beans)

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Egyptian Fooul (Fava beans). You can find them near other canned beans or the international section at your local grocery store. Otherwise, find canned fava beans via Amazon (affiliate): California Garden Fava Beans and Cortas Fava Beans. You can also make foul mudammas from scratch, starting with dry fava beans, that's how my parents used to make it.

Evidence of them has been found among the relics of the earliest human civilizations and inside Egyptian tombs.

This is a very common food here in Egypt.

Due to its cost, which is extremely low, it is a popular dish for many.

You can cook Egyptian Fooul (Fava beans) using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Egyptian Fooul (Fava beans)

  1. Prepare of Fava Bean can.

  2. Prepare of olive oil, extra virgin.

  3. You need of water.

  4. Prepare of black pepper.

  5. It’s of paprika powder.

  6. It’s of ground cumin.

  7. You need of garlic powder.

  8. You need of onion powder.

  9. It’s of oregano.

With this recipe you can enjoy a traditional Egyptian breakfast in the comfort of your home!

There is a LONG way to make this too, using dried fava beans and soaking and then cooking, this recipe makes it A LOT easier and in my opinion is even better!

Ful medames is an ancient Egyptian dish with origins that reach back to the time of the pharaohs.

This simple dish of slow-simmered fava beans seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, garlic and spices is the daily breakfast meal for millions of Egyptians.

Egyptian Fooul (Fava beans) step by step

  1. Boil Fava beans in half cup water.

  2. Keep water if you want more soup like. Otherwise, drain as you like after it boils..

  3. After boil, keep on stove on low heat..

  4. Add in olive oil, and remainder of ingredients..

  5. Stir everything and mash Fava beans..

To do ful medames right takes some time, most of it spent soaking and simmering.

The staple of the Egyptian breakfast,"fool" is how it's pronounced and it means Fava Beans.

These days, making it from scratch, the dried fava beans, is not necessary.

Instead, you can buy it in cans from any market or specialized Middle Eastern grocery store.

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