Foul Mudammas
photo by Be Nutritious
- Ready In:
- 25hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
4 cups
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
- 1 lb dry fava beans, soaked overnight in water
- 6 -7 garlic cloves
- 1 small bunch parsley
- 2 lemons, juice of
- 3 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1⁄2 cup sliced cherries or 1/2 cup regular chopped tomato
- salt
- pepper
directions
- Smash garlic cloves with a flat part of the knife and remove the outer layers. Chop parsley.
- In a small skillet toast cumin seeds until you can smell intense aroma. Transfer to a pestle and mortar and grind.
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet or pot and add the garlic cloves and cumin. Saute one minute and add drained Fava beans. Cover with water, put a lid on and simmer for about an hour or until beans are soft.
- Drain cooked beans through a sieve reserving the flavorful water. Let them cool down a bit and start shelling them. Make a small cut or tear a small opening on one end of a bean and squeeze the content back into the flavorful water. Throw away the shells.
- Bring back beans to a boil and using potato masher, mash them slightly. Add parsley, lemon juice and tomatoes and simmer few more minutes until slightly reduced and thick. Stir from time to time.
- At the end season with salt and pepper and serve with pita bread.
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