Foul medames Lebanese style

Name: Foul medames Lebanese style
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Lebanese
Ingredients: 2 tins fava beans, 400 g tins, undrained; 3 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 tsp ground cumin; 2 lemons, juiced; 4 tbsp olive oil; 2 tomatoes, diced; 15g fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped; 1 red chilli, sliced; 0.5 tsp fine sea salt

Warm, mashed broad beans with lemon, garlic and cumin. A proper Lebanese breakfast with flatbread.

Time20 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.60 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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2tins fava beans400 g tins, undrained
3garlic clovescrushed
1 tspground cumin
2lemonsjuiced
4 tbspolive oil
2tomatoesdiced
15 gfresh flat leaf parsleychopped
1red chillisliced
½ tspfine sea salt

Method

1
Tip the beans and their liquid into a pan with the garlic and cumin. Heat gently for 10 minutes.
10 min
2
Mash roughly with a fork, leaving some beans whole.
3
Stir in the lemon juice, half the olive oil and the salt.
4
Spoon into bowls and top with the tomatoes, parsley and chilli.
5
Drizzle with the remaining oil and serve with warm flatbread.

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