Fava Bean Recipes

Fava Bean Salad

Ingredients

* 1 (19 ounce) can fava beans, drained
* 2 medium fresh tomatoes, chopped
* 1 small onion, diced
* 1 cucumber, diced
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
* 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
* 1 lemon, juiced
* 3 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 teaspoon ground cumin
* salt and black pepper to taste

Directions

1. Combine fava beans, tomatoes, onion, and cucumber in a salad bowl. Toss with garlic, parsley, lemon juice, and olive oil. Season with cumin, and salt and pepper to taste.


Ful Medames (Fava Bean Dip)

1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
2 cans (3 cups) fava beans, rinsed and drained
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 tsp. cayenne or red chili pepper
3 tbsp. lemon juice
1/4 cup parsley

Sauté the onion and garlic in a large, non-stick skillet for about 4 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook for another 4 minutes. Stir in the fava beans, cumin, and red pepper, and cook on medium-low heat for about 10 minutes.

Remove from the heat and mash the fava beans lightly, right in the skillet, until most of the beans are mashed. Scoop into a serving bowl, and mix in the lemon juice and parsley. Serve with warm pita bread.

Hint: Look for canned fava beans in Middle Eastern grocery stores. Some common spellings are ful medames, foul moudammes, foul mudammes, and foul moudammas.

Makes 5 servings. Per serving: 174 Calories (kcal); 1 g Total Fat; (5% calories from fat); 10 g Protein; 37g Carbohydrate; 0 mg Cholesterol; 587 mg Sodium; 7 g Fiber.