Leguminous crops and oil-producing plants
Leguminous crops, such as fava beans (Vicia faba; ful), lentils, chickpeas,
lupins and fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum; helba), are mainly cultivated in
Middle and Upper Egypt as winter crops. Because of their high protein con-
tent, legumes, and especially fava beans, have always played an important role
in Egypt as a meat substitute, especially for the poorer population. The fava
bean, in Egypt known as ful, is a staple food in the country. Most Egyptians,
especially those in towns, eat ful and flat bread for breakfast practically daily.
The beans are cooked overnight on a very small flame and can be prepared
in many ways. Usually they are consumed warm with salt, oil, lemon and
cumin. The traditional food stands and the hawkers with pots on their carts
offer ful and ta’miya (falafel) made of ground fava beans as a cheap hot meal
at all times of the day. The production of fava beans in Egypt cannot fulfil
the demand. In 1980 the self-sufficiency rate was 86 per cent; in 2000/01 it
had increased to 94 per cent, by which time the area on which the beans were
grown covered 413,000 feddans (Ministry of Information 2002a).
Leguminous crops, such as fava beans (Vicia faba; ful), lentils, chickpeas,
lupins and fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum; helba), are mainly cultivated in
Middle and Upper Egypt as winter crops. Because of their high protein con-
tent, legumes, and especially fava beans, have always played an important role
in Egypt as a meat substitute, especially for the poorer population. The fava
bean, in Egypt known as ful, is a staple food in the country. Most Egyptians,
especially those in towns, eat ful and flat bread for breakfast practically daily.
The beans are cooked overnight on a very small flame and can be prepared
in many ways. Usually they are consumed warm with salt, oil, lemon and
cumin. The traditional food stands and the hawkers with pots on their carts
offer ful and ta’miya (falafel) made of ground fava beans as a cheap hot meal
at all times of the day. The production of fava beans in Egypt cannot fulfil
the demand. In 1980 the self-sufficiency rate was 86 per cent; in 2000/01 it
had increased to 94 per cent, by which time the area on which the beans were
grown covered 413,000 feddans (Ministry of Information 2002a).
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