Ful medames

Name: Ful medames Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 65 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 cups small brown fava beans (or lima beans); 4 cloves garlic smashed; 1/2 tsp. ground cumin; 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper; salt to taste; 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro; 1/4 cup coarsely chopped parsley; 6 scallions roughly chopped; 2 plum tomatoes coarsely chopped; lemon juice; olive oil (optional)

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Minutes to Prepare: 20
Minutes to Cook: 45

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

2 cups small brown fava beans (or lima beans)4 cloves garlic, smashed1/2 tsp. ground cumin1/2 tsp. crushed red peppersalt to taste1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro1/4 cup coarsely chopped parsley6 scallions, roughly chopped2 plum tomatoes, coarsely choppedlemon juiceolive oil (optional)

Directions

Soak beans in cold water overnight. Drain and transfer to a 2-quart saucepan along with garlic, cumin, chile, and water. Bring to a boil, simmer until beans are soft, about 45 minutes to an hour. Remove about 2/3's of the beans, puree the rest, return the reserved beans to the pot, salt to taste. Serve topped with tomato, parsley, cilantro, scallions, lemon juice and olive oil, if desired.

Makes 4 16 oz. servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LESSTHANZERO.

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 117.1
Total Fat: 1.0 g
Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
Sodium: 39.6 mg
Total Carbs: 23.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
Protein: 10.2 g

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Member Reviews

PROVERBS31JULIA
Keep in mind that what we in North America call "cilantro" is the fresh leafy version (also called Chinese Parsley. Other areas it's called Coriander leaves. What we call "coriander" is the seed part, has more of a citrus tart flavor, not the soap flavor chilantro haters object to. - 12/2/13
JOLECA
yum, served with whole wheat pita bread.. - 5/31/09