Dry Fava Beans: Cooking Tips
Unlike their fresh counterparts, cooking dried fava beans is easy. You can do this by following the same pattern as with other dry legumes. Pre-soak the seeds overnight or speed-soak them in boiling hot water and cook at low heat until tender.
It’s very important not to add salt to cooking fava beans until the very end. Otherwise, chemical reactions will cause the legume to turn hard and you’ll have to cook them for a few hours. The effect is the same with acidic products, so don’t add tomatoes, lemons either. Cook the beans separately when making a chili.
Fava beans substitute a variety of other legumes, as their taste is pleasantly mild. Therefore, you can use them in almost any bean recipe.
Roasted fava beans are an excellent snack when spiced, but more importantly, they can be turned into organic fava bean flour.
How to Enjoy Organic Fava Beans
You can get your daily serving of legumes by cooking organic fava beans in a great number of ways. Each recipe containing this ingredient is sure to be nutritious and filling. Some ideas you can try include:
- Baked goods with organic fava bean flour.
This product is a good addition to any gluten-free baking mix. Garbanzo and fava bean flour is particularly delicious and makes for great cookies or raw crusts. - Fava beans pasta.
You can find some types of bean pasta in stores today or just make your regular wheat noodles with some fava sauce. - Spiced fava beans snack.
Use the same recipe as you would for making chickpea snacks. Cook the beans, dry them, coat with a spice mix and seasoning of your choosing and toast for a few minutes. - Fava beans soup.
It would taste similar to pea soup. Add some chili pepper, onions, and garlic to flavor your soup to perfection. - Fava beans salad.
You can include cooked fava beans into any salad as their taste mixes well with any veggies and seasonings. - Fava beans dip.
A great choice for any party, this dip can be hot or mild. Everything will depend on what kind of spices you add to your fava beans puree. - Fava beans hummus.
A vegan must-have food, hummus, would be very tasty and highly nutritious when made with fava beans.
Egyptian Fava Beans Falafel Recipe Ingredients:
- 18 ounces split fava beans
- 1 red chili pepper
- 1 onion (preferably red)
- 1 bunch fresh coriander
- 10 mint leaves
- 2 lemons zest
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- Salt and pepper to taste (about 3 pinches each)
- Oil for frying
Instructions:
- Soak fava beans (dried) overnight in cold water or for 1-2 hours in boiling hot water. Note that you don’t need to cook them, just let them soak and soften.
- Chop veggies and herbs before mixing all ingredients together (beans included) and processing them in a blender. You need to get a fairly smooth mass but be careful not to pulse it too much as it mustn’t turn into a paste. If you overdid it, don’t worry, you’ll be able to use it as a raw dip for vegetables and nachos.
- Form small balls from your fava bean ‘dough’ and put them in the fridge for about 30 minutes (no less).
- Deep-fry your fava bean balls for a few minutes, until they turn golden. Drain and place them on paper towels to soak up excess oil.
This fava beans recipe will go best when served with a yogurt sauce. You can make it using any type of yogurt, including a vegan substitute. Mix about 1 ½ cups of non-sweetened yogurt with some fresh mint leaves, juice of 1 lemon, salt, and pepper (to taste) and pulse all of it in a blender. Let the sauce refrigerate while you are cooking your fava beans falafel.
Serve the treat cold or warm with some fresh salad.
Organic Fava Beans: Storage Guide When shopping for affordable organic fava beans, bulk is the best size to buy as they keep for well over a year. It’s best to consume them before the ‘best by’ date.
If you have some leftover fava beans by that time, just put them in the fridge, as this will extend the shelf life. You can do this from the start to ensure the product remains fresh, delicious, and nutritious for as long as possible.
In addition, keep your pack of Food To Live Organic Fava Beans out of direct sunlight and away from heat. This will help preserve their nutritional value. Always keep dry foods in airtight containers.