Ful Medames Qudsiyah, is the version of ful often served in Jerusalem. It combines ful medames with hummus for a delicious combination of two types of beans in one dish.
Category: Beans
Jordanian Ful Medames
In Jodan, ful is prepared just like hummus, mashed with garlic, lemon, and tahini.
Aleppo Style Ful Medames
Aleppo style ful medames is a popular breakfast in Syria, consisting of fava beans swimming in a yogurt-tahini sauce.
Ful Medames, Egyptian Style
Ful Medames is often considered the National dish of Egypt. Stewed fava beans, seasoned with cumin, garlic, onion, and tomatoes, and topped with parsley, fresh onion, and lemon juice is a very common breakfast dish, but also served any time of day.
Frijoles Charros
Frijoles charros, or “cowboy beans”, is a traditional Mexican soup featuring pinto beans and bacon.
Fazulovika
Fazulovika is a thick Slovak soup, made with smoked meat and beans, flavored with paprika and marjoram, and usually thickened with a roux, or mixture of cream and flour.
Further exploration of Plantain Dumplings, aka Asopao de Gandules, version 2.
I’m considering this a failed recipe, shared to document my journey, not because I think you should try it. I set out to look at plantain dumpling recipes, but there’s several different types of plantain dumplings and I didn’t focus in on a specific one, so my recipe wound up kind of tough and chewy. On top of that, the soup recipe I came up with lacks seasoning.
Asopao de Gandules
Asopao de gandules is a Puerto RIcan/ Caribbean soup made with rice and pigeon peas, and served with plantain dumplings.
Farinata
Farinata is a type of flatbread or pancake from Genoa, made with chickpea flour. The thin batter is poured into smoking hot pans with lots of olive oil, and baked in a very hot oven, making a delicious crispy crust with a soft, custardy center and a earthy, vegetal flavor.
Usal
Usal is a Maharashtrian curry made with sprouted beans. Versions are made with several different types of beans, and the consistency ranges from saucy to dry. My version uses moth beans, and is a fairly dry, “sabzi” style dish.
Lorin cooks Legumes 