🫘 Foul with Tamees

Name: Foul with Tamees
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Saudi Arabia · Hejaz
Ingredients: 1 can cooked fava beans (about 250 g drained); 1 tomato, finely chopped; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 tsp ground cumin; 2 tbsp olive oil; Juice of 1 lemon; Salt to taste; 1 tamees bread, warmed

Origin: Saudi Arabia · Hejaz

543kcal

per serving · 300 g

181kcal

per 100 g

24 gProtein8 g / 100 g

15 gFat5 g / 100 g

78 gCarbs26 g / 100 g

Foul with tamees is a classic Saudi breakfast: mashed fava beans cooked with tomato, onion and cumin, finished with lemon juice and olive oil, and eaten by tearing off pieces of hot tamees, a large round flatbread baked in a clay oven. The beans are creamy and savoury, and the bread is crisp at the edges and soft inside. It is a cheap, filling meal sold early in the morning at foul shops.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Contains glutenbecause of: tamees bread

Not keto26 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten

What it is made of

fava beanstamees breadtomatoonioncuminolive oillemon

Recipe

2 servings25 min

Ingredients

1 can cooked fava beans (about 250 g drained)
1 tomato, finely chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 tsp ground cumin
2 tbsp olive oil
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt to taste
1 tamees bread, warmed

Method

Soften the onion in 1 tbsp olive oil for 4–5 minutes.
Add the tomato and cook for 3 minutes until it breaks down.
Add the fava beans with a splash of their liquid, the cumin and salt; simmer for 8–10 minutes.
Mash the beans to a rough, creamy texture and stir in the lemon juice.
Serve topped with the remaining olive oil, with hot tamees for scooping.

How to make it lighter

Tamees is the most calorie-dense part of the meal; share one loaf between two or more people.
Ask for less oil on top, or add it yourself: 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal.
Add sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and green chillies on the side to make the plate bigger without many extra calories.

History

Tamees is a large flatbread widely associated with Afghan and Central Asian bakers in the Hejaz. Paired with foul, it is today one of the most common breakfasts across Saudi Arabia.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →