Barriehie
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karadekoolaid Let us know how yours turns out from fresh please?
Ful Mudammas
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No. Its a dried bean thing. A very different flavour.
Canned is fine. They are dried beans which have been cooked and canned,
Its specifically a dried bean dish KKA, good find but!
Correct.
From what I'm reading you can either pick them when they're dry or pick them and then dry them. Drying is for storage. I don't see why fresh ones wouldn't work just because most of the world is supplied with dried ones.
Trust me. I know this dish very well. I ate it on the streets of Cairo and have more or less replicated it since. You must use dried skin on fava beans.
Fresh broad beans are delicious but they don't taste anywhere near the same as dried, skin on, broad beans. The drying process adds a musky depth of flavour and long slow cooking renders them into a comforting 'porridge like' consistency.
For reference karadekoolaid, here is a link to my very simple old recipe using tinned ful : Recipe - Ful Medames.
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Barriehie
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It was good and I'm glad I made it but given the price I'll never buy those beans again.
Understood. I can buy a tin of cooked ful here for around £1 (1.30 dollars) or a pack of dried ones for a fraction of the price you paid.
There are several "Middle Eastern" stores in Caracas. I'll have to take a look and see if I can find the ful medames. I'd say there's a good chance.
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I think it's a recipe for dried beans.From what I'm reading you can either pick them when they're dry or pick them and then dry them. Drying is for storage. I don't see why fresh ones wouldn't work just because most of the world is supplied with dried ones.
Fresh tastes quite different from dried. Same as kapucijners*, easily available canned, but totally different fresh from dad's garden
*Capuchins