Fava/board bean is one of the popular legume in Mediterranean cuisine specially during spring/summer season. Much bigger than normal bean seed and looks fluffy and giant. Rich in lots of nutrients and can cook in many ways.

You can eat just boiled fava beans, cook with pasta/risotto, ideal for bruschetta/toast, can toss up with salad and many more ways.

As it is the season of fava beans decided to cook some pasta with it. And luckily I got some prawns and added few of them to get more flavor.

1.wash well 200g fava beans and leave aside, deveined and skin off about 10 prawns, wash well and leave aside.

2.heat a pan with 2tbs olive oil and cook the shrimps with touch of salt. Cook around 2 minutes per each side and take off from the pan.

3.into the same pan add finely chopped 1/2 scallion and fry around a minute in medium heat.

4.add the cleaned fava beans and pan fry about 2 minutes.

5.now add 1/2cup of water with pinch of salt to the pan and stir. Cover with a lid and cook around 8-10 minutes in medium heat.

6.meantime boil a pot of water with salt to cook the pasta. Once the water is boiling add around 200g pasta and cook according to the package instructions and drain. Reserve cup of pasta cooked water.

7.fava beans are cooked now. Fire off and put them into the blender with 50g grated pecorino cheese and 2-3tbs EVOO. Blend until creamy.

8.mix creamy fava pesto with cooked pasta and pan fried prawns. Add few tablespoons of pasta cooked water it the pesto is too thick and serve.

I reserved few cooked fava beans to decorate my plate. It is optional but you also can sprinkle few cooked fava beans on your plate.