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Shahan Ful

Name: Shahan Ful
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Eritrea
Ingredients: 300g (cooked) Fava Beans; 1/2 Onion; 1 Tomato; 1 Green Chili Pepper; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 4 tbsp Plain yogurt; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Baguette

Main Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Mashed fava beans topped with tomato, chili, and yogurt — an Eritrean breakfast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Shahan ful is Eritrea's most popular breakfast: boiled fava beans are mashed with a wooden spoon, warmed with onion, tomato, green chili, and cumin, and topped with olive oil and yogurt. At Asmara's morning eateries, it's served with fresh bread.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a small eatery in Asmara in the morning, mashed fava beans on a plate are topped with tomato, chili, and white yogurt and served with round bread.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Fava Beans 300g (cooked)
Onion 1/2
Tomato 1
Green Chili Pepper 1
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Plain yogurt 4 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Baguette To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Remove the skins from the fava beans.
Warm the beans in a pot with a little water, salt, and cumin and mash with a wooden spoon.
Spoon onto a plate and top with the chopped onion, tomato, and chili.
Drizzle with olive oil.
Top with yogurt and serve with bread.

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