Ful Medames Toast

5 from 1 vote

Ful medames toast is sliced toasted bread topped with garlic ful medames beans and a cucumber, tomato, mint salad.

Servings: people

Cook the ful medames beans. Open and rinse the ful medames can of beans. In a pot, add ful medames and water. Allow foul to boil on high for about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat.
Season the ful. Mash the garlic with some salt using a mortar and pestle. Squeeze the lemon in a bowl. Drain the ful beans and return them to the pot (not on the heat). Add the mashed garlic. Mash the foul beans and the mashed garlic together. Add the lemon juice, olive oil, and ground cumin.
Assemble the toast. Toast the sliced bread. Add a layer of ful on top of the toasted bread. Add sliced cucumber, sliced tomato, and fresh mint on top. Drizzle with some olive oil.

You can make homemade foul in a big batch and freeze it instead of using foul from a can.
Traditional Lebanese foul moudamas does not usually have ground cumin, however, it has mashed garlic. Egyptian foul usually has ground cumin but not mashed garlic, which adds a nice dimension of flavors. The taste is awesome if you add both the smashed garlic and the ground cumin!