If you're looking to change up your falafel recipe, consider subbing in on of these six options for your typical chickpea ...

Medha Imam: This is not falafel. This fried, yet fluffy snack is an all-time favorite Egyptian street food. Made with dried fava beans, some say it's the precursor to falafel. Its name ...

Throughout history, cultures have developed signature dishes centered around fava beans. In Egypt, ful medames — a dish of seasoned and mashed fava beans — has been a breakfast staple for ...

As Mohy is a coward who cannot go along with them, he goes to live with his mother and step-father but they send him to China to represent Egypt in a cooking competition which gets him into a lot ...

Foul (pronounced “fool,” also called ful or ful medames) is a dish of stewed fava beans and spices common ... with likely roots in Ancient Egypt — ful is Arabic for bean, while medames ...

For some of Luxor's best Egyptian dishes, dine at Sofra Restaurant ... and ful medammes (seasoned mashed fava beans commonly enjoyed at breakfast). International cuisines are also available ...