{"id":1262,"date":"2026-02-12T18:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1262"},"modified":"2026-02-12T18:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T18:19:50","slug":"fava-beans","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/?product=fava-beans","title":{"rendered":"Fava Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Benefits of Fava Beans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raw mature broad beans are 11% water, 58% carbohydrates, 26% protein, and 2% fat. A 100-gram reference amount supplies 1,425 kJ (341 kcal; 341 Cal) of food energy and numerous essential nutrients in high content (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV). Folate (26% DV), and dietary minerals, such as manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, and iron (range of 52 to 77% DV), have considerable content. B vitamins have moderate to rich content (19 to 48% DV).<br \/>\nBroad beans present the highest protein-to-carbohydrate ratio among other popular pulse crops, such as chickpea, pea and lentil. Moreover, their consumption is recommended along with cereals as both foods are complementary in supplying all essential amino acids.<br \/>\nBroad beans are a common staple food in the Egyptian diet, eaten by rich and poor alike. Egyptians eat broad beans in various ways: they may be shelled and then dried, or bought dried and then cooked in water on very low heat for several hours. They are the primary ingredient in Egyptian-style falafel<br \/>\nThe most popular way of preparing them in Egypt is by taking the cooked and partially mashed beans and adding oil, salt, and cumin to them. The dish, known as ful medames, is traditionally eaten with bread (generally at breakfast) and is considered one of Egypt&#8217;s national dishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Benefits of Fava Beans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Raw mature broad beans are 11% water, 58% carbohydrates, 26% protein, and 2% fat. A 100-gram reference amount supplies 1,425 kJ (341 kcal; 341 Cal) of food energy and numerous essential nutrients in high content (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV). Folate (26% DV), and dietary minerals, such as manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, and iron (range of 52 to 77% DV), have considerable content. B vitamins have moderate to rich content (19 to 48% DV).<br \/>\nBroad beans present the highest protein-to-carbohydrate ratio among other popular pulse crops, such as chickpea, pea and lentil. Moreover, their consumption is recommended along with cereals as both foods are complementary in supplying all essential amino acids.<br \/>\nBroad beans are a common staple food in the Egyptian diet, eaten by rich and poor alike. Egyptians eat broad beans in various ways: they may be shelled and then dried, or bought dried and then cooked in water on very low heat for several hours. They are the primary ingredient in Egyptian-style falafel<br \/>\nThe most popular way of preparing them in Egypt is by taking the cooked and partially mashed beans and adding oil, salt, and cumin to them. The dish, known as ful medames, is traditionally eaten with bread (generally at breakfast) and is considered one of Egypt&#8217;s national dishes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[31],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1262","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-seeds","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/1262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=1262"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pharaohsherbs.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=1262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}