Tuesday, February 24, 2015

How to Make Ful Medames Egypt

Ful Medames is among the typical staple foods in Egypt, it includes fava beans served with oil, garlic and lemon juice. It is normally served with a deep-fried egg and pita bread. The pita bread is occasionally utilized as a scoop for the fava beans.
Ful medames goes back to old Egypt. The word "Medames" is Coptic for "buried" which describes the method it was at first cooked in a pot buried in sand or hot coal.
Ful Medames can be served with numerous complements such as butter, tomato sauce, tahini, fried or boiled eggs and pastrami. Nowadays, Ful Medames is exported to numerous Middle Eastern nations such as Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

Ful Medames Ingredients
1 lb small egyptian dried fava beans, soaked overnight
1 bunch scallion, trimmed
3 lemons, juice of
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 head garlic, halved
Fresh ground black pepper
Salt
Servings 8

How to make Ful Medames
1. Drain the beans and place in a huge pan.
2. Include 7 cups of water and give a boil over medium-high heat.
3. Lower the heat to low and include the juice of 1 lemon, the salt and the garlic.
4. Cover and simmer over low heat up until the beans are soft (not slushy but wet - about 12 hours.).
5. You need to do this preferably in the crockery pot.
6. If the beans end up being dry, inspect sometimes and include water.
7. Twenty minutes prior to serving, slice the scallions and incorporate with the staying lemon juice.
8. Stir in the oil, flavor with salt and pepper, and reserved.
9. Dispose of the garlic and carefully stir the lemon mix into the beans.
10. Adjust flavoring.
11. Spoon into bowls, mash a little.
12. Serve warm and comfortable with pita bread.