Some nutritional benefits of fava beans are:

• Vitamin is essential for improving your vision as well as to keep your healthy skin, which you can find in fava beans.
• Fava bean has also been found to be a great source of fiber, which is quite necessary for your bowel movement as well as reducing the constipation problem.
• Fava beans contain potassium, which has been identified to be quite beneficial for controlling your blood pressure level as well as systemize your heart activities.
• For health conscious people this low fat as well as low calories, reduced cholesterol food item is the perfect choice.
• It’s also a rich source of phosphorus, which helps your body in forming teeth as well as bones. It also helps your body to utilise the vitamins.
• Fava bean is a rich source of L-dopa (dopamine) kind of amino acid. It’s identified to be quite beneficial for brain’s neurotransmitter.
• To keep the normal function for your nerve thiamine is considered necessary, which you will find in the fava beans.

Things to memorise:

• After preparing fava beans try to consume it within 2 days of preparation.
• In comparison with other beans it will take little more time to get ready.
• Sometimes exposure to fava beans (raw) can instigate the severe allergic reactions like, favism. However it depends on the individual.
• It’s a rich supplier of complex carbohydrates, which can trigger up the gastric problems as well as pain in your abdomen.

Pasta with Fresh Fava Bean Sauce

Ingredients:

• Extra virgin olive oil- 2 tbsp
• Dried fettuccine- ¾ pound
• Garlic- 1 ½ tsp (diced)
• Parmesan or pecorino cheese- 4 oz
• Freshly ground pepper & salt
• Fava beans- 2 cups (cooked & removed skin)
• Chicken broth (low salt) – 1 ½ cup
• Fresh oregano- 1 tbsp (freshly minced)

Direction:

• Take a medium sized saucepan & heat olive oil over the medium temperature.
• Pour minced garlic & stir a little bit.
• Allow it to fry till it turns light brown in colour.
• Add a cup of stock along with oregano & let it boil.
• Sprinkle pepper & salt for proper seasoning.
• Now pour fava beans (1 ½ cup).
• Allow it to simmer for almost 3-4 minutes.
• Pour the whole mixture into your blender along with ½ cup remaining stock.
• Blend it till you get the smooth texture.
• Pour it again in the saucepan & add the 1/2 cup remaining fava beans.
• For seasoning, sprinkle salt & pepper.
• Let it simmer for a few minutes.
• In the meantime boil the pasta in salted boiling water (add a little bit of olive oil to reduce the stickiness).
• Drain the water (keep ½ cup water) & transfer the pasta in the serving bowl.
• Add the pasta water into the sauce & mix well.
• Stir well till the sauce gets thick.
• Add the sauce over pasta & before serving sprinkle a little bit of extra virgin olive oil.