Legumes · Dried

Dried fava beans

Also called dried broad beans, ful, foul, faba beans

Dried broad beans, whole with their skins; earthy and robust after long soaking and cooking, used for ful medames, bissara and Middle Eastern stews.

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What can replace it

  • T2 · GoodBorlotti beans

    Creamier and sweeter, less earthy.

  • T2 · GoodChickpeas

    Nuttier and firmer, less earthy.

  • T3 · In a pinchBroad beans

    Fresh green favas: grassy and sweet, cook much shorter; no dried earthiness. (use 2× the amount)

  • T3 · In a pinchYellow split peas

    Sweeter pea flavour; purées like split favas but no whole beans.

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