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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

Dried chickpeas soak overnight (never cooked, chickpeas must remain raw)

Dried chickpeas (or a chickpea-fava blend) soak overnight

Pita breads are torn into pieces and toasted (or fried) until crisp and crunchy

A torn pita is brushed with olive oil and grilled or fried until golden and crisp

The Saudi take on foul medames, somewhere between the Egyptian original and the Yemeni daal-like versions

Dried chickpeas soak overnight with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda

A Cambodian banana flower salad, the kind of bright herby starter that opens a Khmer meal

Dried split fava beans (sold as "split foul" or "ful asfar" at Egyptian or Middle Eastern shops) soak overnight (never…

Diced onion and garlic sweat in sunflower oil

Hummus is the simplest and most elegant of Middle Eastern dips: cooked chickpeas reduced to silky purée through long…