Fava beans are used in Asian, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, and African cuisines in breakfasts, stews, curries, and even in baking. They are green, flat beans that come in pods.

Ingredients: 1tsp rose harissa; red wine vinegar; olive oil; 1kg ripe cherry tomatoes, on the vine; 1 bunch of spring onions; 1 bulb of garlic; 1 bunch of soft herbs such as basil, dill, mint ...

1 pound very fresh fava beans in the pods, rinsed. 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil. 1 scallion, thinly sliced crosswise. 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper or Chinese chile sauce ...

Like all legumes, broad bean crops are very good for soil health as they help replenish and add essential nitrogen to the land; post-harvest, the plants can be broken up and added back to the soil.

Fresh fava–also called faba–beans in Spain. The season for harvesting fresh faba beans in this region lasts from September into November. CREDIT: Carlos Castro/Europa Press via Getty Images.

Broad beans are a traditional allotment crop that, sown in November, can provide one of the first fresh pickings of summer. ... Red-brown powdery spots develop later on the underside of leaves, and ...

How we test broad beans. We sowed our broad bean seeds in modules in the greenhouse in March and planted out our seedlings in early May. We harvested beans weekly during July and August, weighing and ...