Egyptian Fool (Fava Beans) Traditional Breakfast

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) can fava beans (you can find at any middle eastern store, maybe even like a trader joe's or organic store)

• 1 small lemon, juice of, only
• 3 tablespoons canola oil (or any oil you prefer)
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 onion (Small size and chopped- optional, if you don't want to use just skip step number 1)
• pita bread

Directions

1. 1

   Chop up a small onion with a bit of oil and sauté in small pot until tender, remove from heat.

2. 2

   Open can of fava beans and dump into pot, along with juices, do not drain.

3. 3

   Take a potato smasher and smash up the fava beans. I leave a few whole, but basically smash up most of them.

4. 4

   Add salt, ground cumin and cayenne pepper to your liking.

5. 5

   Squeeze juice of lemon into pot.

6. 6

   Add a splash of olive oil.

7. 7

   Heat just to boil and then that's it.

8. 8

   Spoon some beans into a flat bowl, splash some oil on top of them. I like to add the following garnish, but you can leave garnish out and just eat that way they are just as yummy too.

9. 9

   This is something I do sometimes to this dish as well-MY SPECIAL GARNISH. 1. Chop a few slices of red onion fine. 2. Chop a small (or half) green bell pepper finely. 3. Chop a handful of black olive slices finely. 4. Chop a small tomato finely. 5. A little bit of chopped parsley 6. Drizzle of tahina.

10. 10

    Okay now you add all these finely chopped veggies around the bowl edge and finish off with a drizzle of tahina in middle of bowl. Looks beautiful! Then i mix all together and eat it mixed up!