Egyptian Style Fava Beans with Bulgur

My housemate has some Egyptian heritage in her family. From time to time in her busy schedule between class, schoolwork, and raging with myself and our other housemates,  she finds some time to cook some of the meals she grew up on. One day I came into the kitchen just smelled Cumin. I asked her what she was making (naturally since I'm a semi-obnoxious foodie that literally will watch or read anything pertaining to food). She replied she was making a fava bean dish that was a classic peasant dish in Egypt and she would always eat it when she felt under the weather. After learning the ingredients and how to make it I decided to mix it up a bit. Although classically served with Pita or with hard boiled eggs in it (or how my housemate eats it) I decided to combine the fava bean dish with some bulgur.

Servings: 2-3

Ingredients:

1 Cup Dried Bulgur
1 Can of Fava Beans (Half drained and rinse- use some of the liquid in the can that the beans come in)
1 Lemon
1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
2 Garlic Cloves
1 Onion
Parsley Flakes or Fresh Parsley
Cumin

Directions:

Cook the bulgur according to the instructions on the packaging.

Heat the olive oil in a pan. Then add the onion and let it saute. Then add the chopped garlic.
Once the onion and garlic are softened, add the fava beans and allow them to heat through for about five minutes on low heat.

Remove the beans from the heat.
Add the juice of one lemon, and the zest from about half of the lemon.
Then add in 1/2 tablespoon cumin and 1 tablespoon of parsley.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Serve the beans over the bulgur and enjoy!