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Contributed By: circleseven
The Best Ever Vegetarian Cookbook by Linda Fraser

Brown beans are a smaller variety of the fava bean, sometimes called "ful". They are used in a classic Egyuptian dish called "ful madames" and are occasionally seen in health food stores. Dried fav beans, black or kidney beans make a good substitute.

Ingredients

12 oz Dried brown beans

2 sprigs French thyme

2 Bay leaves

1 Onion, halved

4 Garlic cloves, crushed

1.5 tsp Cumin seeds, crushed

3 Scallions, finely chopped

6 tbsp Chopped fresh parsley

4 tsp Lemon juice

6 tbsp Olive oil

3 Hard boiled eggs, shelled and roughly chopped

1 Pickled cucumber, roughly chopped

Salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation

Put the beans in a bowl with plenty of cold water and let soak overnight. Drain, transfer to a saucepan and cover with fresh water. Bring to a boil rapidly for 10 minutes.

Reduce the heat and add the thyme, bay leaves and onion. Simmer very gently for about 1 hour until tender. Drain and discard the herbs and onion.

Mix together the garlic, cumin, scallions, parsley, lemon juice and oil. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over the beans and toss lightly together. Gently stir in the eggs and cucumber and serve at once.

Cook's Notes

I would add more pickles next time and experiment with the different beans. Some cilantro might also kick this recipe up a knotch.

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