Ful medames

Name: Ful medames
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 1 g Broad Beans (400g can fava beans (available online) or broad beans); 1 piece Yellow Onion (1 small yellow onion finely chopped); 2 cloves Garlic (2 garlic cloves crushed); 100 ml Olive Oil (100ml olive oil); 2 tsp Cumin Powder (2 tsp cumin powder); 1 tsp Red Pepper Flakes (1 tsp chilli flakes); 2 pieces Chopped Tomatoes (2 large, ripe plum tomatoes roughly chopped (or 200g can of chopped tomatoes, if tomatoes aren’t in season)); ½ piece Lemon (½ lemon juiced); 2 tbsp Tahini (2 tbsp tahini)

40 minMiddle Eastern

Servings2

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Steps

1Drain the beans and rinse. Fill the empty, clean can with water and pour into a saucepan with the beans. Bring them to the boil to warm through, then take them off the heat.
2Meanwhile, in a separate medium frying pan, gently fry the onion and garlic in all but a few tablespoons of the olive oil for 5 mins, then add 2 tsp sea salt flakes, the cumin, chilli flakes and tomatoes. Drain the beans, reserving some of the cooking liquid. Add to the onion mixture and cook over a low heat for 30 mins, stirring often and adding some of the cooking liquid if it looks dry.
3Using a potato masher, mash the beans with the remaining olive oil, lemon juice and tahini. The final consistency should be a chunky, soft purée. If it splits slightly, mix in a drop of cold water.