Sudan / Breakfast
Sudanese ful
Ful beans cooked soft and mashed in the pot, with sesame oil, cheese and egg.
Ingredients
- Ful medames beans, soaked overnight400 g
- Sesame oil60 ml
- White brined cheese150 g
- Eggs, boiled4
- Tomatoes2
- Onion1
- Garlic4 cloves
- Ground cumin2 tsp
- Lemon2
- Chilli1
- Flatbread, to serve4
- Saltto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 6 steps
Drain the soaked beans, cover them with fresh water and boil ninety minutes, until completely soft.
Pour off most of the water, leaving half a cup, salt the beans and mash them about halfway.
Crush the garlic with salt and cumin and stir it through the beans.
Turn them into a wide bowl and pour the sesame oil over without stirring it in.
Scatter over the crumbled cheese, chopped tomato, onion, chilli and halved eggs.
Serve with lemon and flatbread. It is eaten by hand from the shared bowl.
