BAKLA

FRESH FAVA WITH OLIVE OIL

Ingredients:

• 2 lb of fresh fava
• 1 medium onion ( chopped )
  
• 6 cloves of garlic ( chopped )
  
• 1 tbsp of tomato paste
• 1/2 tbsp of red pepper paste
• 2 tbsp of olive oil
• 1+ 1/2 cups of boiling water
  
• salt

Garlic yogurt:

• 1 cup of plain yogurt
• 2 garlic ( minced )
• salt
  

Wash favas and cut the ends off. Cut them into 1-inch bite sizes. Take olive oil, chopped onion, and chopped garlic in a large pot. Saute onion over medium heat until tender. Add boiling water, tomato paste, red pepper paste , and favas into the pot and stir. Bring it to the boil and turn the heat down to low. Stir occasionally and add more boiling water if it is necessary. Simmer 30 minutes or until favas are tender. Turn the heat off and add salt.
For the garlic yogurt, take yogurt in a small mixing bowl and add minced garlic and salt in it and stir.
Serve it with garlic yogurt on top at room temparature.