Ful Medammas

Ingredients:

1 cup (victor) fava beans
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 small onion, finely chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/4 teaspoon coriander
salt, to taste
2 roma tomatoes, finely diced
parsley, chopped
1/4 cup tahini
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 teaspoon aleppo pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil

Soak fava beans in water and baking soda overnight.

Cook onion and 2 cloves of the garlic in a skillet. Add cumin and coriander and stir until aromatic.

Meanwhile, boil fava beans until very tender. Add salt during last 10 minutes.

Add beans to the onion mixture. Partially mash the mixture and add water as needed to make a thick paste. Stir in juice of half the lemon

Prepare tahini paste by stirring  tahini with lemon juice, remaining clove of garlic, and enough water to make a thin paste.

Assemble the ful by placing the beans in a shallow bowl. Spoon tahini sauce around the ful. Garnish with the tomatoes and parsley. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with the aleppo pepper.

Serve with Egyptian pita, a wedge of lemon, and a sprig of mint.