Ful Medames, Instant Pot

also called instant pot ful medames · pressure cooker ful · no soak fava beans · foul medames · ful mudammas · fool medames · fava beans · Egyptian breakfast beans

Also written for the plain way (3 to wash).

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Ful Medames, Instant Pot: ingredients down the left, what to do with them across. Tap any cell to cross it off.
1 1/2 cups(300 g; small brown ful, dry — not soaked, not the big pale broad bean)dried fava beanscook from dry, no soak — 45 min at high pressurewait out the natural release 20 mincrush about half against the potdress with lemon, oil and cuminbuild the top, finish at the table
5 cups(1.2 L)water
1bay leaf
1/4 tspbaking soda
3 Tbs(45 mL)lemon juice
1/4 cup(60 mL)extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves(crushed to a paste)garlic
2 tspground cumin
1 1/2 tspkosher salt
1(diced)ripe tomato
1/4 cup(chopped)flat-leaf parsley
1/4(diced fine)red onion
2 Tbs(30 mL)extra-virgin olive oil
1(in wedges)lemon
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What to lay out

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Pans and tools

1cook from dry, no soak — 45 min at high pressure

4dress with lemon, oil and cumin

goes in with what step 3 made

5build the top, finish at the table

goes in with what step 4 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 1 hr 5 min3 of 5 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Unforgiving — a fava that does not flatten under a spoon is undercooked; lock the lid again for ten more rather than serve them like that
What you'll wash
One thing — the Instant Pot
Does it keep
3 days — the beans keep and the dressing does not, so add the lemon, oil and parsley fresh each time
  1. cook from dry, no soak — 45 min at high pressure

    45 minwalk awayfrom the start

  2. wait out the natural release 20 min

    20 minwalk away45 min in

  3. crush about half against the pot

    not timed1 hr 5 min in

  4. dress with lemon, oil and cumin

    not timed1 hr 5 min in

  5. build the top, finish at the table

    not timed1 hr 5 min in

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>> title: Ful Medames, Instant Pot
>> category: Rice, Beans & Grains
>> tags: fava beans, egyptian, breakfast, cumin, vegan, instant pot, pressure cooker, no soak
>> counters: Instant Pot
>> aka: instant pot ful medames, pressure cooker ful, no soak fava beans, foul medames, ful mudammas, fool medames, fava beans, Egyptian breakfast beans
>> servings: 4
>> dish: ful-medames
>> kit: Instant Pot
>> pairs-with: pita-bread, labneh, kabis
>> time: 1 hr 35 min
>> slack: unforgiving — a fava that does not flatten under a spoon is undercooked; lock the lid again for ten more rather than serve them like that
>> washing-up: the Instant Pot
>> keeps: 3 days — the beans keep and the dressing does not, so add the lemon, oil and parsley fresh each time

>> step: cook from dry, no soak — 45 min at high pressure
Put @dried fava beans{1 1/2%cups}(300 g; small brown ful, dry — not soaked, not the big pale broad bean) into the #Instant Pot{} with @water{5%cups}(1.2 L), @bay leaf{1} and @baking soda{1/4%tsp}, lock the lid and ~pressure cook{45%min} at high pressure.

>> step: wait out the natural release 20 min
Let @&(~1)pot{} ~natural release{20%min} until the pin drops on its own.

>> step: crush about half against the pot
Crush about half of @&(~1)cooked beans{} against the side of the inner pot and leave the rest whole, ladling off most of the water first and stirring a little back in.

>> step: dress with lemon, oil and cumin
Dress @&(~1)crushed beans{} with @lemon juice{3%Tbs}(45 mL), @extra-virgin olive oil{1/4%cup}(60 mL), @garlic{2%cloves}(crushed to a paste), @ground cumin{2%tsp} and @kosher salt{1 1/2%tsp}, stirring hard so it goes glossy.

>> step: build the top, finish at the table
Turn @&(~1)dressed ful{} into a shallow bowl and build @ripe tomato{1}(diced), @flat-leaf parsley{1/4%cup}(chopped), @red onion{1/4}(diced fine) and @extra-virgin olive oil{2%Tbs}(30 mL) over the top, with @lemon{1}(in wedges) and more cumin alongside.