Foul Ethiopian

Name: Foul Ethiopian
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ethiopian
Ingredients: 400g canned fava beans (ful medames); 2 tbsp niter kibbeh or olive oil; 1 jalapeño, minced; 2 cloves garlic, minced; juice of 1 lemon; 1 tsp cumin; salt to taste; coriander and tomatoes to serve

A fava bean stew mashed with spiced butter, lemon and jalapeño — an Ethiopian breakfast staple. Frying the garlic and jalapeño in niter kibbeh, the Ethiopian spiced butter, before the beans go in is what infuses that distinctive spiced-butter flavour straight through the dish.

Total time

20 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

10 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Ethiopian

Vegan

Ingredients

400gcanned fava beans (ful medames)

2 tbspniter kibbeh or olive oil

1jalapeño, minced

2 clovesgarlic, minced

juice of 1lemon

1 tspcumin

saltto taste

coriander and tomatoesto serve

Instructions

Warm fava beans in their liquid.

Drain most liquid. Mash roughly.

Heat niter kibbeh in a pan. Fry garlic and jalapeño 1 minute.

Add beans, lemon juice and cumin. Stir and heat 5 minutes.

Serve topped with coriander and diced tomatoes alongside injera.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

0.4g

Fat

0.2g

Carbs

2.3g

Fiber

0.6g

Sodium

2mg

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