Name: Stew of Shelled Fresh Fava/Broad Beans
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon oil; 4 chunks of meat, chosen and prepared as above; 2 or 3 small hot peppers, optional; ¼ teaspoon ground ginger; 3 heaped tablespoons (one 6 oz/175 g can) tomato paste diluted in 4 cups (950 ml) hot water or one 15 oz/425 g can tomato sauce diluted in 3½ cups (860 ml) hot water; ¼ cup (½ oz/15 g) fresh dill, chopped, or 1 teaspoon dried dill weed; 2 lb (900 g) fully grown fava/broad bean pods; or 1 lb (450 g) frozen shelled fava beans; 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped; 3 or 4 cloves of garlic, sliced lengthwise; 1½ teaspoons salt; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; ¼ teaspoon black pepper

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

When the jackets of the fresh beans toughen as the pods grow larger, prepare Fava Bean Stew this way.

Ingredients

4 chunks of meat, chosen and prepared as above
1 tablespoon oil
1 medium onion, co

Method

Prepare meat as in the first step in Fresh and Tender Fava Bean Stew, above. Add onion and garlic, and stir until onion is transparent.
While meat is cooking, prepare fava beans. Discard jacket of pod, and pour boiling water over the beans. When they are cool enough to handle, slash the skin from the top with a knife, and press out the beautiful bright green bean

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