On the first day of January in 1956 Sudan became independent from both the United Kingdom and Egypt.

 

 

Fuul (Medames)

This is also the national dish for Egypt. I’ve made this a little different to the Egyptian one (Recipe here).

This is a pretty nice recipe. I did read one recipe say that the best way to mash the beans is to use a pepsi bottle (glass one).

Ingredients:

500 grams broad beans (I used frozen)

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

1/2 green capsicum

1 small chilli

 

Directions:

1) Bring a pot of water to the boil and boil the beans until they are very soft (and probably will turn from a green to a brown).

2) Drain the beans. Mash and add the remaining ingredients (you can also add a tomato and/or onion finely chopped).

3) Serve and eat with bread. (To make a simple north east african bread, mix 1 part self raising flour with 1 part soda water (water with bubbles), fry like pancakes but only on one side.)