Ful Medames Stew

Ingredients

• 2 cups chick peas boiled (kabuli chana)
• 2 cups kidney beans boiled (rajma)
• 2 cups black and green olives chopped
• 400 gms tomato paste
• 1 bunch parsley
• 1 bunch mint leaves pudina
• 1 bunch coriander leaves kothmir
• 4 tomatoes chopped
• 2 tsp sesame seeds til
• 3 tsp cumin jeera
• 3 tsp olive oil
• 3 pcs cinnamon taj
• water
• salt to taste

Intructions

1. In a pan, heat 1 tsp olive oil. Add cinnamon, 1 tsp sesame seeds, 1⁄3rd tomatoes, 1 cup chick peas, 1 cup kidney beans, 1⁄2 bunch parsley, 1⁄3rd coriander and mint leaves, water and salt.
2. In a bowl, mix the remaining parsley, 1⁄3 rd coriander, mint leaves and tomatoes; 1 tsp olive oil, salt and 1 tsp cumin to make a salad. Remove it.
3. In the same bowl, add chopped olives, salt, half of the tomato paste, 1 tsp cumin, remaining coriander leaves and tomatoes to make another salad. Remove it.
4. In the same bowl, add remaining chick peas and kidney beans, salt, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp sesame seeds, remaining mint leaves and 1⁄2 tsp olive oil to make the third salad.
5. Add remaining tomato paste and 1⁄2 tsp olive oil to the pan. Serve it with the three salads.

Recipe Notes

Recipe by Jivanarpit Bhumika Pandya