They are also good for flavouring meat stews or lamb dishes. Egyptian ful medames is a dish of cooked broad beans (a small dried variety called ‘ful’) flavoured with garlic and lemon.

Dried pinto beans are soaked overnight, cooked, then mashed before they are fried in oil with finely minced onions, garlic ...

While fresh fava beans are only available seasonally, you can buy dried fava beans, both whole and split, year-round. "Dried favas taste like a cross between a white bean and a chickpea," says ...

I often snack on dried fruit, healthy chips, or a creative treat I've never tried. Never would I think about eating beans, much less broad (aka fava) beans. I actually hate broad beans in their ...

This fried, yet fluffy snack is an all-time favorite Egyptian street food. Made with dried fava beans, some say it's the precursor to falafel. Its name: ta'ameya. We're here at Zooba, an Egyptian ...

I love the addition of blanched broad beans but the salad will still be lovely without them if you cannot find them. This is a brilliant vegetarian dish, inspired by a recipe I adapted from one of ...