Moroccan cuisine · Vegetable Dishes

Fava Bean Tajine

Fava beans cooked soft in olive oil with plenty of garlic, cumin and paprika, until almost falling apart.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 500 g dried fava beans (split, peeled)
• 6 cloves of garlic
• 1 onion
• 1 tsp cumin
• 1 tsp paprika powder
• 1/2 tsp chili flakes
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 1 lemon
• 1 l water
• Salt, pepper
• 1/2 bunch parsley

Instructions

1. Soak the fava beans overnight in plenty of cold water, then drain and rinse thoroughly the next day.
2. Bring the beans to a simmer with the water, the halved onion and three crushed cloves of garlic and cook gently for 40 min. until completely soft.
3. Remove the onion halves and roughly mash the beans with a potato masher so a thick, still chunky mixture remains.
4. Finely chop the remaining garlic and toast with cumin, paprika powder and chili flakes in 3 tbsp olive oil for 1 min. until the oil turns red.
5. Stir the spiced oil into the beans, season with salt and pepper and simmer uncovered for 5 min. until the tajine falls thickly from the spoon.
6. Drizzle with the remaining olive oil, the lemon juice and chopped parsley, and serve hot with flatbread.