From the first time I’ve tried Ful Medames, I’ve been foolishly addicted to it. Now I see why Egyptians eat this breakfast, lunch or dinner daily. It’s nutritious and delicious. It full of protein and fiber and it’s vegetarian!

We would normally order out for ful and falafel and its fairly inexpensive but when you want it as much as I do, you learn how to make it so its there and ready for when your cravings hit. Mine hit today and I refused to order out, I wanted to try to make my own.

After watching a bajillion videos and reading a million recipes on how to make it, I ventured out to get what I needed. I have to say, that the boyfriend and I were quite impressed with my first attempt.  I also bought frozen falafel and fried those up with this and our dinner was complete.

1 onion diced
4 cloves of garlic minced
1 large tomato diced
2 cans of fava beans, drained with liquid reserved
1 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of turmeric
1 tsp of salt
½ tsp of pepper
2 Tbsp of Olive Oil
2 Tbsp of lemon juice
4 hard boiled eggs
handful of chopped parsley

1. Heat up olive oil in a frying pan and saute the onions and garlic for about 5 minutes.

2. Add tomatoes and cook for 5-7 minutes longer till the tomatoes start to break down.

3. At this point I added this into a larger pot because I don’t have a large frying pan.

4. Now add the fava beans and mix well.

5. Add about ¼ cup of the reserved liquid.

6. Add the salt, pepper, cumin and turmeric and mix.

7. Bring this to a slow boil then reduce heat to simmer.

8. Put lid on pan and let it cook about 20 minutes stirring every 5 minutes. Watch for it to get to dry, if this happens add a little more of the liquid. You don’t want it to start reducing until last 5-7 minutes.

Once its done put in serving dish. Mix in lemon juice and drizzle a little more olive oil on top of it. Garnish with parsley. Quarter your hard boiled eggs and place around the dish. This dish is meant to be eaten with pita (lebanese bread). Just tear some bread and dive into the beans and eggs. Bon Appetit!