Fava Bean Dip - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb frozen fava beans, thawed
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp smoked paprika, plus additional, to sprinkle
2 tbsp olive oil, plus additional, to sprinkle
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh mint

Preparation

Cook the fava beans in medium saucepan of boiling water until tender. Drain, reserving some of the cooking liquid. When cool enough to handle, peel away the grey-colored outer shells from beans.
Blend or process the beans with garlic, spices, oil, lemon juice, mint and enough of the reserved cooking liquid until mixture is smooth.
Serve the dip drizzled with additional oil and sprinkled with additional paprika.