Enjoy it as a side or an appetizer, though you will be very happy to eat a bowl of “Fasolia Bil Zeit” as a main accompanied with rice or Lebanese/ pita bread. Serve it with radishes and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice to balance the flavors, optional but recommended.
Ingredients
1kg/2 lb 4 oz fresh large lima beansfrozen can be used as well, if frozen no need to thaw before cooking
1large garlic headcrushed
1cupof cilantrofinely chopped
3large fresh ripe tomatoespeeled and diced
1tablespoontomato paste
¼cupolive oil
Cayenne pepper optionalbut highly recommended
Salt to taste
4cupswater
1lemonoptional
Notes
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