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Kary Osmond: Ultimate comfort food breakfast is simply irresistible

By Kary Osmond, karyosmond.com on

If you love hummus and pitas, you are going to love this recipe.

Ful medames is a power-house breakfast served in Egypt and all over the Middle East. It’s traditionally made by simmering fava beans until tender, and then finishing with a hit of garlic, cumin and lemon to perk up the flavor. It is the ultimate comfort food breakfast that will leave you feeling energized for the entire morning.

Although the dish is almost always made with fava beans, I love using kidney beans or pinto beans, as they can be easier to find. Kidney beans and pinto beans work marvelously in this recipe because they are both super creamy beans. To help stretch a can of beans, I’ve added some red lentils to thicken this breakfast stew.

Once the beans have thickened, spices and fresh ingredients are added to this breakfast dish to make it simply irresistible.

Ful Medames

Serves 5 to 6

 

2/3 cup dried red lentils, rinsed

4 cups water, plus more if needed

1 (28-ounce) can kidney beans, drained, rinsed

1 1/2 cups finely chopped tomato

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