Foul Mudammas

Total Time: 25 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb dry fava beans, soaked overnight in water
• 6 -7 garlic cloves
• 1 small bunch parsley
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 3 teaspoons cumin seeds
• 1/2 cup sliced cherries or 1/2 cup regular chopped tomato
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 smash garlic cloves with a flat part of the knife and remove the outer layers. chop parsley.
• 2 in a small skillet toast cumin seeds until you can smell intense aroma. transfer to a pestle and mortar and grind.
• 3 heat the olive oil in a large skillet or pot and add the garlic cloves and cumin. saute one minute and add drained fava beans. cover with water, put a lid on and simmer for about an hour or until beans are soft.
• 4 drain cooked beans through a sieve reserving the flavorful water. let them cool down a bit and start shelling them. make a small cut or tear a small opening on one end of a bean and squeeze the content back into the flavorful water. throw away the shells.
• 5 bring back beans to a boil and using potato masher, mash them slightly. add parsley, lemon juice and tomatoes and simmer few more minutes until slightly reduced and thick. stir from time to time.
• 6 at the end season with salt and pepper and serve with pita bread.