Ful Medames
Warm mashed fava-style beans with lemon, garlic, and olive oil, scooped with pita. Cheap, filling, and ready in fifteen minutes.
- Serves
- 4
- Total time
- 20 min
- Cost per serving (United States)
- $6.40
Ingredients
- 30 oz canned cannellini beans
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 clove garlic
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 lemon
- 1/2 lb roma tomatoes
- 1/2 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 4 pita bread
Method
Drain the beans but keep a splash of their liquid.
Warm half the olive oil in a saucepan and cook the minced garlic and cumin for 30 seconds, until fragrant but not browned.
Add the beans with a few tablespoons of water and heat through for 5 minutes.
Mash roughly with the back of a spoon, leaving plenty of whole beans for texture. Season with salt and the juice of one lemon.
Spoon into bowls and pour the remaining olive oil over the top.
Scatter chopped tomato and parsley over, add lemon wedges, and serve with warm pita.
What this costs, country by country
Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.
| Country | Whole recipe | Per serving | Priced from |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | £19.60 | £4.90 | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| Australia | $47.98 | $12.00 | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| Greece | 27,01 € | 6,75 € | 9 of 9 ingredients |
| United States | $25.61 | $6.40 | 8 of 9 ingredients |
| Canada | $101.17 | $25.29 | 8 of 9 ingredients |
| Spain | 14,52 € | 3,63 € | 8 of 9 ingredients |
| New Zealand | $52.63 | $13.16 | 7 of 9 ingredients |
| Egypt | ٦٠٥٫٧٣ ج.م. | ١٥١٫٤٣ ج.م. | 7 of 9 ingredients |
| Austria | € 13,65 | € 3,41 | 7 of 9 ingredients |
| Germany | 13,97 €* | 3,49 € | 6 of 9 ingredients |
| Mexico | $544.97* | $136.24 | 6 of 9 ingredients |
* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.
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