Fool Nabed Fava Bean Soup Egyptian Food

FAVA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• saute onions.
• add everything (except lemon) to a pressure cooker.
• cook 30 minutes.
• adjust water to taste.
• add 1/2 lemon (juiced).

EGYPTIAN BEAN SOUP ( FUL NABED )

Steps:

• Sauté chopped onion in olive oil until almost tender.
• Add carrots, garlic and cumin, cooking briefly.
• Stir in tomatoes, broth, paprika, cayenne, bay leaves, salt and pepper, stirring to mix.
• Cook over medium heat until carrots are tender.
• Mix parsley, lemon juice, and fava beans into soup and heat gently.
• Serve garnished with fresh mint, if desired.

FOOL NABED - FAVA BEAN SOUP (EGYPTIAN)

Steps:

• Soak fava beans overnight.
• Drain fava beans and save water.
• Peel the skins from the fava beans and place the beans in large saucepan.
• Measure 6 cups of soaking water and add to the fava beans.
• Bring to a boil on medium high heat.
• Reduce heat to medium and cook for 45 minutes, or until beans are soft.
• Once beans are tender, remove beans from heat and puree in a blender.
• Return pureed fava beans to saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Add water if needed.
• Stir in cumin, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil and bring to a second boil.
• Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve in a bowl and sprinkle parsley on top.

FOOLL MUDAMMES (FAVA BEAN EGYPTIAN BREAKFAST)(فول مدمس)

Steps:

• Heat oil, add onion and cook for about 4 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, spices and salt, cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add fava beans, and mash it on low heat.
• You can mash it finely or leave some fava beans whole.
• Cover and cook for 5 more minutes.
• Serve with pita bread.
• You can drizzle some olive oil, tahini, lemon, or a combination on it before serving.
• I like hot chili peppers as well.

FAVA BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans in water for 2 days in refrigerator.
• Drain, and put in a large saucepan with 8-10 cups water.
• Bring to a boil, and boil for 10 minutes.
• Add onion, garlic, carrot and celery, and bring to boil again.
• Turn heat to simmer.
• Cover, and simmer for 1 hour, or until beans are very soft.
• Puree soup in blender (do this in batches).
• Return soup to saucepan.
• Add oil, cumin, salt and pepper.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes, adding a little water if too thick.
• Serve garnished with chopped parsley, and a sprinkling of lemon juice.
• Excellent with warm pita bread.

EGYPTIAN FOOL (FAVA BEANS) TRADITIONAL BREAKFAST

Steps:

• Chop up a small onion with a bit of oil and sauté in small pot until tender, remove from heat.
• Open can of fava beans and dump into pot, along with juices, do not drain.
• Take a potato smasher and smash up the fava beans. I leave a few whole, but basically smash up most of them.
• Add salt, ground cumin and cayenne pepper to your liking.
• Squeeze juice of lemon into pot.
• Add a splash of olive oil.
• Heat just to boil and then that's it.
• Spoon some beans into a flat bowl, splash some oil on top of them. I like to add the following garnish, but you can leave garnish out and just eat that way they are just as yummy too.
• This is something I do sometimes to this dish as well-MY SPECIAL GARNISH. 1. Chop a few slices of red onion fine. 2. Chop a small (or half) green bell pepper finely. 3. Chop a handful of black olive slices finely. 4. Chop a small tomato finely. 5. A little bit of chopped parsley 6. Drizzle of tahina.
• Okay now you add all these finely chopped veggies around the bowl edge and finish off with a drizzle of tahina in middle of bowl. Looks beautiful! Then i mix all together and eat it mixed up!