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Tomato paste should be watery before use and 1 tbs for 2 eggs is good. onion may be grated.
Ful medames is an ancient, pre-Ottoman, and pre-Islamic national dish of Egypt, a traditional breakfast food consisting of slowly simmered fava beans seasoned with a squeeze of lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and selected spices. Some remnants of the dish were found in the 12th Dynasty Pharaonic tombs in Egypt, and any food found in an ancient tomb must have been a wildly popular culinary treat.
Because it is a breakfast food that is also good for breaking the fasting, the dish is trendy during Ramadan. Although it’s an Egyptian dish, it is also prepared throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Ful medames are a staple of the Egyptian diet, so much so that the government regulates the price of beans to ensure that they are affordable to the poorest citizens.
The creamy, earthy stew is usually spiced with chilis and cayenne pepper. Preparing it a day in advance is recommended because the beans need to be soaked and cooked overnight. When eaten, the hearty stew is traditionally served out of oversized metal jugs, and once on the plate, it is often mopped up with pieces of fresh pita bread and topped with pickled beets, parsley, onions, tomatoes, and cumin.
Filling, savory, nutritious, and easy to prepare, ful medames is a literal blast from the past