egyptian fava beans

Foul mudammas recipe, made with hearty, creamy fava beans and loaded with flavor from ground cumin, fresh herbs, and a zippy lemon garlic sauce with hot peppers! Don't worry, the sauce is not spicy, but it adds just the right kick.

I use a shortcut in this quick fava beans recipe. Serve it with warm pita bread and sliced veggies. Or turn it into a big vegan feast with falafel and sides like tahini, hummus, and roasted cauliflower!

Foul Mudammas (Egyptian Fava Beans) 

plain fava beans

water

Kosher salt

cumin

hot peppers, chopped (jalapenos will work here)

garlic cloves, chopped

lemon juice of

Extra virgin olive oil (Early Harvest)

parsley

tomato, diced

pit bread

tomatoes

cucumbers

onions

Olives

In a cast iron skillet or saucepan, add the fava beans and ½ cup water. Warm over medium-high heat. Season with kosher salt and cumin. Use a potato masher or fork to mash the fava beans.

In a morter and pestle, add the hot peppers and garlic. Smash. Add in juice of one lemon and stir to combine.

Pour the garlic and hot pepper sauce over the fava beans. Add a generous drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Top with chopped parsley, diced tomatoes, and a few slices of hot peppers, if you like.

Serve with pita bread, sliced veggies and olives.

This was wonderful!! I adore the combination of cumin and lemon together, any day, and the inherent nuttiness of the beans, with which I was unfamiliar, really "popped" those flavors!

QUESTION: I have a girlfriend from India who makes (and taught me) a dish nearly identical to this, but she used cannellini (white kidney) beans and didn't put the lemon juice in with the garlic/jalapeno mixture, she squeezed it over the top of each bowl as she served it. Otherwise, when I ate your version, I would swear it was the same, served with pita and charred cauliflower. Have you ever heard of that?

I have been experimenting with foul for a long time and I can say that this recipe is just perfect! I use canned foul beans, sometimes with added chickpeas (I live in UAE, here you have a big choice of canned foul beans). I also like to add 2 tbsp of tahini and mix well, which adds some creaminess and a nice taste (tip from a good Yemeni restaurant).

This is sooo simple yet so flavorful and healthy, thank you for helping me decide what to do with fava beans! Awesome.

Delicious!! I cooked the beans from dried and peeled them before cooking. I almost threw them out before finishing the recipe because they seemed overcooked and waterlogged. But went ahead and finished the recipe and the extra liquid cooked out AMD it wad AMAZING!! I served this with a meal of roasted chicken, roasted cauliflower and warm pita bread.

This is one of the most delicious dishes I have ever made! Thank you. My family said it was better than what we have at our favourite hadramawt.

What a quick, easy and delicious recipe! Was looking for something more wholesome, flavouful and tastier than regular baked beans. Came across your recipe. Exactly what I was looking for. So easy to put together. I used pento beans (I think that's what they're called). Would use a little less lemon next time. Passed on the olive oil to keep it healthy. Went deliciously with my breakfast of egg, cheese and toast. Also used my favourite baby vine tomatoes which have a very earthy punchy taste adding that extra burst of flavour. Recipe took me right back to my holidays in Egypt. Thank you for sharing ? this will become a regular part of my brekkys no doubt ?

My first time making foul and I loved it! The recipe is super easy to follow and the dish tastes great.Thank you so much!!

Great recipe! So simple and yet so delicious!

It is very helpful and interesting . Thank you for sharing a great information .


DELICIOUS!!  Could not find Fava beans so I substituted with canned butter beans.  Also, I used a Serrano pepper, just preference.  Its came out fantastic.  Easy recipe and great for vegetarians.  Served with sliced cucumber and pita bread.  Next time, I will double the sauce mixture.  Highly recommend!

Definitely a good way to describe "foul" and a very nice recipe.

This looks wonderful! 
I received fresh fava beans in the pods from my CSA this week.
Can I use them as they are? How can I substitute? 
Thanks for this and all your amazing recipes!

I remembered my college days in Manchester UK, it was the summer of 1978 and my Lebanese friends treated me to this meal, they made it exactly the same, I love this food. A friend from South Sudan adds crumbled Feta cheese on top. Wonderful recipe. 🙏🏿❤

Have made this for over a year, when I'm eating healthy and have one of those days, where I wake up super hungry and a lighter breakfast won't cut it! This is super tasty, filling and feel good breakfast! I have a slice of toast, topped with this, a little cheese, and a poached egg! Keeps me full most of the day. So versatile too. I've tried it with pinto beans and kidney beans. Absolutely delicious. Thank you for sharing ❤️

This is a snap to make.  While it seems to be presented here as a dip or a spread (of sorts) I made it planning to have it with/over basmati rice pilaf (my own recipe with sauteed onions, garlic, and ground pinenuts cooked in) and a vegetable side. It was moist enough to do so. In fact, It was a little juicy, thought that might have been because the canned fava beans were packed in a bit of a sauce.  (They were cans left to me when my pandemic boomerang Egyptian-American daughter went back out into the world on her own.)  It was a delicious combination.  

Due to my plans to serve the ful on rice for dinner, when it came time to add the parsley and tomatoes I allowed the dish to keep simmering for about to 10 minutes. More accurately a left the medium burner on low and allowed the dish to come up to simmering and then turned it off. This brought the final 2 ingredients to a perfect semi-cooked level that allowed for the fresh taste to be maintained at the same time.

I'd be a fool not to enjoy this. Just what I needed on a cold fall night.

Ful medames is a fava bean stew flavored with olive oil, lemon juice and spices. Usually served for breakfast, this Egyptian classic is so easy to make and is ready in less than 30 minutes. Follow along to learn how to make ful medames at home.

Ful Medames Recipe (Egyptian fava beans)

olive oil

onion

garlic (minced)

tomato (chopped)

fava beans (15 ounces each)

paprika

tsp cumin

tsp kosher salt

tsp black pepper

lemon (juice of)

olive oil (extra virgin)

parsley (chopped)

jalapeno (sliced)

Pita bread

Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium high heat. Saute the onion until translucent.

Add in the minced garlic and cook for a minute. Add the chopped tomatoes as well.

Drain and rinse the fava beans. Add them to the tomatoes followed by the paprika, cumin, salt and pepper. Add 1/2 cup water, cover and cook for 15 minutes.

Using the back of a wooden spoon, gently press and mash almost half of the fava beans to give the ful a creamy texture. Add in the lemon juice and stir.

Transfer the ful medames to a serving bowl and top with olive oil, tomatoes, parsley and jalapeno. Serve with pita bread.

Huge fan of middle eastern breakfast, too! This was super easy to make and the perfect flavor I was looking for.

This is my first time trying this recipe and we all loved it!!!

Wow - this stew was so savory and delicious! I like to add some extra paprika so that I can get more of that earthy spice flavor!

This was fantastic with homemade pita bread! It's really flavorful, the jalapeno toppings are a great suggestion for extra spice!

Such a delicious dish. It's easy to make and so much flavor!

I love fava bean salads, but was looking for something different to use them. So glad I found this recipe, it was hearty, filling, and delicious.

I cannot get over how yummy this is. Filled with incredible flavors. SUCH a good dip!

I made these beans with some falafel last night for dinner and it was wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing the recipe!

This looked amazing so I had to try it! It did not disappoint! Thank you so much!

I adore fava beans and I am always looking for new ways to use them. This was delicious.

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