Ful Medames

A recipe for ful medames

My recipe:

1. Heat a can of fava beans in its own liquid.

2. Spoon out some beans to fill the bottom of a wide bowl.

3. For each bowl, squeeze half a lemon into it and pour in a little olive oil. Sprinkle with some salt and pepper and add 1/4 tsp. cumin. Mash it with a rice masher.

4. Chop a little onion and garlic and parsley and sprinkle this on top and stir it in. If you have any cherry tomatoes, add some of those as well.

For breakfast, we have been eating this with some flat bread, olives, and homemade cheese on the side (just yogurt strained through cheesecloth for ten hours). We sprinkle the cheese with a little za'atar.