Originally Posted by jamous
interesting, where do these broad beans grow?
I think they grow them in the UK and countries of similar climate, and are sold to world-wide markets, mostly in form of dried beans. It is very popular in the middle east and one of the most popular foods of Egypt.
They come in 3 forms: dried beans (brown color), fresh beans ( green ), and fresh beans in pods ( green ). The fresh beans, and beans in pods, come fresh, frozen, or canned.
The fresh beans contain more levodopa than the dried ones, but the part that contains the largest amount of levodopa is the pod of the bean, and that is harder to find than just the beans.
In the middle east you can easily find fresh beans in pods in most market-places during the winter, I don't know about their availability in other reigons. My guess is that in some specielty shops you can find them year-round in frozen from, but I think your best bet is too wait until winter and then look for them in large market places.
In many counties the name Fava bean is used instead of Braod bean, and in the middle east it is called Ful. An extremely delicious meal can be made from it, and it is the most common food to add to Humus in middle-eastern Humus places.
Warning: some people have a genetic disorder called Favism that causes broad beans to be toxic to them, even fatal, so if you try them, first start with a very small amount. I think Favism is especially prominent among Kurdish people.
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