Green Favas and Rice

This springtime favorite, known as “spring’s dish,” was given to us by an enthusiastic collector of Gazan recipes in America, Asma Abu Daff, who advises that it is usually eaten with plain yogurt, “But if someone really likes to treat themselves well, then they have it with a side of lamb shanks cooked in yogurt stew.” If you switch stew beef for the ground beef, the result is called maqloobit fool or maqlooba with fava beans, prepared as maqlooba would