Ful medames recipe

The Sudanese breakfast bowl of crushed fava beans finished with sesame oil and crumbled white jibna cheese rather than olive oil.

13 hours and 55 minuteseasy10 ingredients

Ingredients

• 250 g fava beans
• 3 tbsp sesame oil
• 100 g white cheese
• 1 tomato
• 1 red onion
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 lemon
• 1 bunch arugula
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 flatbread

How to make Ful medames

1. Soak 250 g of dried fava beans in cold water for at least 12 hours, overnight is better.
2. Drain, cover with fresh water and simmer 1 hour 30 to 2 hours until a bean crushes between two fingers; 30 minutes will leave them hard.
3. Keep a cup of the cooking liquid, then mash roughly with a masher so half the beans stay whole.
4. Season with 1 tsp of cumin and 1 tsp of salt and loosen with the reserved liquid to a thick, spoonable paste.
5. Spread it hot in a wide shallow bowl.
6. Crumble 100 g of white cheese over the top and scatter 1 chopped tomato, 1 chopped red onion and a handful of arugula.
7. Pour 3 tbsp of sesame oil over everything: this, not olive oil, is what makes it Sudanese.
8. Squeeze half a lemon over and eat straight from the bowl, scooping with torn flatbread instead of a fork.

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