Egyptian Fool (Fava Beans) Traditional Breakfast
- 1 (16 ounce) can fava beans (you can find at any middle eastern store, maybe even like a trader joe's or organic store)
- 1 small lemon, juice of, only
- 3 tablespoons canola oil (or any oil you prefer)
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 onion (Small size and chopped- optional, if you don't want to use just skip step number 1)
- pita bread
- Chop up a small onion with a bit of oil and saute 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!
fava beans, lemon, canola oil, cayenne pepper, salt, ground cumin, onion, pita bread
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/egyptian-fool-fava-beans-traditional-breakfast-345433 (may not work)