traditional Greek recipe: fava – yellow splitted peas spread/dip

ingredients

• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 1 espresso cup yellow splitted peas (and 5 times water, so 5 espresso cups water)
• 1/4 of a chicken broth cube
• 1 leaf bay
• salt
• freshly grounded pepper
• good quality olive oil
• Bukovo (optional)

steps

• Add at a frying pan olive oil and add the onion
• cut the carrot in small pieces and add it in the onion
• add the bay leaf
• cook till the onion is transparent
• add the fava, stir and add the water with the broth cube as well
• let everything cook till fava is soft and remove the bay leaf
• Purée everything together with one spoon lemon and add salt according to your taste. You could further add one more spoon of lemon
• serve with olive oil, freshly grounded pepper and optionally bukovo