Full Midammis (Dry Broad Beans, Stewed)

Ingredients

• •2 cups dry broad beans
• •1/2 cup split lentils
• •Optional:
• •1 tomato
• •1 carrot
• •1 onion.

Directions

1. 1Place beans and lentils in stewing pot with at least three times their measure in water.
2. 2Boil over quick flame, then add any or all the optional vegetables.
3. 3Bring to boil, cover very tightly, and simmer over very slow flame for 6 to 9 hours, or overnight, adding more boiling water whenever the water is absorbed and beans are dry (cold water will shrivel the beans, change the taste, and make them hard). This is the basis of Fuul Midammis.
4. 4Then mash the beans with oil (cottonseed, olive, linseed, or corn oil), lemon, salt, and any of the following ingredients: crushed garlic, grated onions, chopped tomatoes, and cumin.
5. 5Hardboiled eggs, onions soaked in vinegar, the local flat bread and mixed pickles are always eaten with these beans.