Delicious nutritious and good for the soil fava are britains orginal bean grown here since the iron age a variety of broad bean fava are left to ripen and dry before harvest split fava are particularly versatile and easy to cook they dont even need soaking they perfect for dhal or an easy alternative to hummus eat it warm and great in curries stews soups and chilli fava also make authentic egyptian style falafels all hodmedods pulses and grains are british grown and always