Fool Nabed - Fava Bean Soup (Egyptian)

Fool Nabed - Fava Bean Soup (Egyptian)

wtorek, 11 lutego 2014

Fool Nabed - Fava Bean Soup (Egyptian)

Time: 1 hrs 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried fava beans (or 4 cups canned fava or broad beans)
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
• water, used to soak fava beans

Directions

• 1 Soak fava beans overnight.
• 2 Drain fava beans and save water.
• 3 Peel the skins from the fava beans and place the beans in large saucepan.
• 4 Measure 6 cups of soaking water and add to the fava beans.
• 5 Bring to a boil on medium high heat.
• 6 Reduce heat to medium and cook for 45 minutes, or until beans are soft.
• 7 Once beans are tender, remove beans from heat and puree in a blender.
• 8 Return pureed fava beans to saucepan and bring to a boil.
• 9 Add water if needed.
• 10 Stir in cumin, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil and bring to a second boil.
• 11 Simmer for 5 minutes. Serve in a bowl and sprinkle parsley on top.