🇪🇬 Egypt
Ta'ameya
Egypt's ta'ameya is the original: bright green inside from fava beans and a garden of herbs.
🔪 Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 15 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Made from split fava beans (not chickpeas), packed with dill, coriander, and leek, and coated in sesame seeds.
Ingredients
- 300 gsplit dried fava beans, soaked overnight
- 1 bunchfresh coriander
- 1 bunchdill
- 1 small leek or 4 green onions
- 4 clovesgarlic
- 1 tspground coriander
- 1 tspground cumin
- 3 tbspsesame seeds
- to tasteoil for deep frying
Method
- 1
Grind the soaked (uncooked) fava beans with the herbs, leek, and garlic into a fluffy green paste.
- 2
Season with spices and salt, and rest the mixture 30 minutes.
- 3
Add a pinch of baking soda, shape into patties, and press sesame seeds onto each.
- 4
Fry in hot oil until deep brown and crisp, about 3 minutes per batch.
- 5
Stuff into baladi bread with tahini, tomatoes, and pickles.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4