Alexandrian Fava Mash

Egypt’s national dish, ful, may have existed as far back as pharaonic times, but archaeobotanist Dr Mennat-Allah El Dorry explains that its first official appearance was recorded in the Greco-Roman period, among the communities of the Mediterranean coast. The centuries-old technique of simmering the beans overnight (known as ful medemmes) in qidras (wide-bottomed copper cooking pots) still goes on today. Alexandria’s version of ful packs tons of