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Dried split fava beans (foul mudammas) soak overnight with bicarbonate of soda
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Dried split fava beans (foul mudammas) soak overnight with bicarbonate of soda
Brined vine leaves are soaked for 20 minutes to leach the brine
Dried chickpeas soak overnight (never cooked, chickpeas must remain raw)
Dried chickpeas (or a chickpea-fava blend) soak overnight
Dried chickpeas soak in cold water 24 hours, the long soak hydrates them fully without cooking
Aubergine slices salt, drain 30 min, pat dry, fry crispy in olive oil
A simple flour-oil-water dough with a little turmeric for colour rests briefly while the filling cooks down
A stiff oil-rich plain-flour dough (maida) rolls thin and crisps in the fryer with the characteristic blistered surface
Dried split fava beans (sold as "split foul" or "ful asfar" at Egyptian or Middle Eastern shops) soak overnight (never…