Tag: legumes

Pasta e Fagioli

Pasta e fagioli is an Italian soup with small pasta and beans. My version is tomato based and made with canned beans.

Jota

Jota is a soup made with beans, smoked pork, and sauerkraut, which hails from the Istrian peninsula at the northeastern end of the Adriatic.

Pretepena Juha od Grahova

Pretepena Juha od Grahova is a Croatian bean soup thickened with a mixture of flour and sour cream.

Adas Medames

Adas medames is a Middle Eastern dish, in which lentils are prepared in a similar manner to the famous ful medames.

Kakang Pool

Kakang pool is the Malaysian version of Ful Medames, which would feel familiar to any homesick Egyptian, but also adopts distinct local flavors with different spices and the addition of some ground meat.

Ful Bit-Tewm

Ful bit-tewm is a simple Maltese dish, consisting of fresh fava beans boiled with garlic and parsley.

Somali Ful Medames

Somali ful medames is similar to the Egyptian version, but uses a local spice blend called xawash.

Ful Medames Qudsiyah

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.

Aleppo Style Ful Medames

Aleppo style ful medames is a popular breakfast in Syria, consisting of fava beans swimming in a yogurt-tahini sauce.