🫘 Ful Medames

Egypt's official breakfast since basically the age of the pharaohs.

• 15 minTotal time
• ⚡ Quick & easyDifficulty
• 320kcal
• 2Portions

• 🥦 Vegetarian
• 🍳 Breakfast
• 🇪🇬 Egyptian
• 💸 Budget
• 🪶 Light
• 💪 High protein

Ingredients

• 2 cups canned or cooked ful medames (fava beans)
• 3 cloves garlic, crushed
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tsp cumin
• Salt and black pepper
• Chopped tomato and onion, to serve
• Baladi bread, to serve

How to make it

1. Heat the fava beans gently in a little of their liquid for 5 minutes.
2. Lightly mash the beans with the back of a spoon, leaving some whole if you like texture.
3. Add the crushed garlic, cumin, salt and pepper and stir well.
4. Drizzle the lemon juice and olive oil over the beans.
5. Serve hot with chopped tomato, onion and warm baladi bread.