Stewed Fava Beans A Family Recipes

PORTUGUESE FAVAS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic until golden brown. Stir in red pepper flakes, tomato sauce, hot water, parsley, salt, pepper and paprika. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Gently stir in fava beans. Remove from heat and let stand for several minutes to allow flavors to meld.

JACY'S MIDDLE-EASTERN FAVA BEAN STEW

Steps:

• To make harissa paste: Heat a dry skillet over high heat and add coriander, caraway and cumin seeds. Shake pan gently until spices become fragrant, about 2 minutes. Remove pan from heat and pour seeds into mortar and grind with pestle to a fine powder. Add garlic, salt, paprika and dried red pepper flakes, mashing and stirring until garlic is incorporated with the spices. Mixture will be dry and crumbly. Add enough of the 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil until you have a thick paste. Use fewer pepper flakes if you prefer less heat. Set aside.
• Pour 2 tablespoons olive oil into a large pot and add minced onions and garlic. Cook slowly over low heat until onions are translucent, about 10 minutes. Push onions aside in the pot, and stir in the anchovies. Cook anchovies until they soften, mashing them with the back of a wooden spoon until they dissolve. Stir together with the onion and garlic mixture.
• Add the butternut squash, carrots, bell pepper, frozen peas and a pinch of salt. Stir and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes. Pour in the stock. Bring to a simmer and cook for about a minute.
• Stir in the drained fava beans, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, bay leaf and harissa paste (from step 1). Add brown sugar and pomegranate molasses. Bring back to a simmer, then reduce heat to low and cook uncovered for about 1 1/2 hours. The long, slow cooking time allows the flavors to deepen.
• Just before serving, stir in the chopped parsley. Top with the mint, if you like.

FAVA BEAN STEW (KOUKIA YAHNISTA OR YAHNI)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Add beans plus enough water to cover beans by 2 inches to a pot.
• Add 2 tablespoons salt and stir.
• Bring beans to a rolling boil.
• Turn off heat, cover, and soak for an hour.
• Drain and rinse beans under cold water before using.
• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium high heat.
• Add the onions and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, parsley, cumin, and bay leaves and continue to sauté for another 5 to 10 minutes until the flavors are nicely combined.
• Add the water to the pot and bring to a boil.
• Add the fava beans and lower the heat to a simmer. Simmer covered for 45 minutes.
• Remove the cover and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Simmer another 10 to 15 minutes until the beans are tender cooked but not mushy.
• Discard bay leaves.
• Serve with a drizzle of your favorite extra-virgin olive oil and a sprinkle of fresh parsley.
• Enjoy!

BAGHALI GHATOGH (FAVA BEAN STEW)

Steps:

• Add the oil and garlic to a medium pot, then set it over medium-low heat. Cook the garlic, stirring often, until fragrant and cooked, taking care not to burn it, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the turmeric, stir and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the beans, dill, 1½ teaspoons salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper. Stir gently so the beans don't break, and cook for about 3 minutes, just so the flavors meld and no longer taste raw.
• Increase the heat to medium-high, add enough water to cover the beans, about 2 cups (or more as needed, if you're using cannellini beans, which absorb more liquid), and bring to a gentle boil. Partially cover with the lid barely ajar, reduce the heat to medium-low, and gently simmer, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender, but still maintain their shape (no mushy beans please), and the flavors have come to life, about 12 minutes.
• Taste the beans and liquid for salt and pepper, and adjust as needed. The stew should be juicy enough to serve over rice, but if it seems too liquidy, remove the lid and cook a little longer to reduce it, keeping in mind that the eggs will also thicken it up. Add a little more water if the stew is too thick.
• Increase the heat to medium and add the eggs one at a time. If poaching whole eggs, use 4 eggs and make individual wells in the stew before adding each egg. Cook, uncovered, until the whites set and the yolk is cooked to desired consistency, 3 to 5 minutes. (Alternately, you can stir the eggs in: Add 3 eggs, then run a spoon through each egg to break them apart and cook, slightly covered, until the eggs set, about 3 to 5 minutes.) Taste, add more water if the stew is too thick, adjust seasoning and serve.

FUUL (SOMALI-STYLE FAVA BEAN STEW)

Steps:

• In a medium pot or deep skillet over medium heat, warm up the olive oil. Once the olive oil is hot, add the onion and stir. Let the onions cook, stirring occasionally, until they are soft and almost translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Once the onions have cooked, add in the garlic and let it cook until it softens, about 2 minutes. Add the roughly chopped tomatoes and let them cook, stirring occasionally, for 7 to 8 minutes or until they start to break down. Add the salt.
• While the tomato mixture cooks, prepare the xawaash mix: Add the cumin, coriander, black pepper, cinnamon and cardamom to a small nonstick pan. Toast over low heat, stirring continuously, for 1 minute or until the spice mix becomes fragrant.
• Add the xawaash mix to the simmering tomato and onions. While the tomatoes finish cooking, add the rinsed fava beans to a medium bowl and use a pestle to mash them until there are almost no whole beans left. Stir the mashed beans into the tomatoes.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, 1 cup of water and the chopped cilantro leaves into the bean and tomato mixture. Cover the pan and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. Stir in up to an additional ⅓ cup of water if the stew gets too thick.
• Serve the fuul with anjero, if desired. Leftovers keep for about a week in the refrigerator.

STEWED "STUFATO" FAVA BEANS

Steps:

• Sort and rinse beans.
• .Bring 4 cups water to boil in large saucepan.
• Stir in beans and boil for 10 minutes.
• Drain and rinse in cold water.
• Peel outer skin of lava beans and throw out skins.
• Heat olive oil in large saucepan.
• Add scallions and garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add beans and remaining ingredient to pan.
• Bring ingredients to boil, cover and low heat and simmer until beans are tender.
• Add more water if needed.
• Serve over steamed rice.

STEWED FAVA BEANS A FAMILY RECIPE

Steps:

• Simply heat a medium pot on high with some oil and your bay leaf. When oil is hot add in your onion and hot pepper.
• Turn down to med-high. Cook till onion starts to wilt. Add garlic and saute till it starts to brown, add in tomatoes and favas stir well and turn down heat to medium.
• When mixture starts to boil turn down heat to low-med, add in your oregano and sugar give it a stir and cover for about 10-15 mins stirring occasionally.
• After it has cooked for awhile you can season with salt and test if the favas are cooked by trying one to see if it is soft all the way through. Once it is you are ready to serve! Enjoy.