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Ful medames (Arabic: فول مدمس, fūl midammis IPA: [fuːl meˈdammes]; other spellings include ful mudammas and foule mudammes, in Coptic: ⲫⲉⲗ phel or fel), or simply fūl, is a stew of cooked fava beans served with olive oil, cumin, and optionally with chopped parsley, garlic, onion, lemon juice, chili pepper and other vegetables, herbs, and spices. [3]
Across the Middle East and Northern Africa region, falafel is served as a breakfast food. Ta’ameya, Egyptian falafel, is made with fava beans instead of chickpeas.
Spices such as cumin and coriander are often added to the beans for added flavor. [45] The dried fava beans are soaked in water and then stone ground with leek, parsley, green coriander, cumin and dry coriander. [46] [47] The mixture is shaped into balls or patties. This can be done by hand or with a tool called an aleb falafel (falafel mould). [7]
A breakfast dish of deep-fried fritters made out of fava beans, in contrast to the Levantine version of falafel made with chickpeas. Often eaten by themselves or in a pita bread sandwich with tehina and greens. Torly: تورلى: A tray of baked squash, potatoes, carrots, onions, and tomato sauce. [30] Qolqas: قلقاس
In the world of legumes, fava beans stand out. They are the oldest variety; there's evidence of fava bean cultivation as long as 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. They stand out visually ...
Most Egyptians begin the day with a light breakfast. Ful medames (dish of cooked fava beans), one of Egypt's several national dishes, is typical. It is seasoned with salt and cumin, garnished with vegetable oil and optionally with tahini, chopped parsley, chopped tomato, garlic, onion, lemon juice and chili pepper, and often served topped with a boiled egg.
The traditional breakfast believed to have been cooked in ancient Egypt was fūl (made from fava beans, possibly the ancestor of today's ful medames), baladi bread, made from emmer wheat, and falafel, and a mixture of fava beans with onions, garlic, parsley and coriander. [7]
Foul – An Egyptian and Middle Eastern dish made with cooked fava beans flavored with lemon juice, garlic and served with olive oil, chopped parsley & tomatoes. French toast – Dish of fried bread, eggs, and milk [63] Fried bread – Slice of bread that has been fried [64]