There are many kinds of Foul in the middle East. Foul is a dish comprised of fava beans which can be found at any middle eastern grocery store. In our area it is also available at the local co-op (natural foods store). Some Foul is eaten with very little added and other dishes are more elaborate. This is our family favorite!
Ingredients
1 can of foul
5 tomatoes, 3 chopped into big chunks and set aside, 2 chopped into small pieces and set aside.
1 bunch parsley, washed and chopped fine.
3 garlic cloves, 2 sliced and 1 minced
1 tsp. cumin
salt to taste
juice of 1 lemon
Sauce
1 cup plain yogurt
1 tbs. Tahini
1 clove garlic
juice of 1 lemon
salt to taste
Directions
Drain can of foul and place beans into a sauce pan, add 2 sliced cloves of garlic, add the 3 tomatoes that were cut into big chunks. Turn to medium heat and cook, smash some of the beans with a fork as they are cooking. Add salt and cumin, mix well. Let the tomatoes break down into a sauce.
Mix in 2 Tbs. of the chopped parsley. Turn off heat. Tomatoes should be broken
down into a sauce type mixture with the beans at this point. Add lemon juice from one lemon and stir in.
Take all of the sauce ingredients and blend them well in a blender or food processor.
Pour the Foul onto a plate and spread out. Top with tomatoes, mix 3 Tbs. chopped
parsley with remaining minced garlic and sprinkle on top.
Pour sauce on top
Foul is typically eaten with Arabic bread.
You are not only a great cook, you are a food artist as well.
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awwe you are so sweet!
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Looks and sounds delightfully yummified (new word) for you! Cheryl
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lol
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Love all the flavours in this recipe Lynz 🍴
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It looks good Lynz! I’m not so sure about the yogurt but I’ll try just about any food.
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This looks version delicious Lynz 😀
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thanks Irene!
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That looks amazing! I wish I could taste it to see what it’s like.
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it is basically like beans with lots of flavor!
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It doesn’t even look like beans!! I have a child that swears he doesn’t like beans, If I could get him to eat something like this and he then declares how good it is I could possibly nip that in the bud!! I love using beans in recipes but he wont eat any of it.
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ha ha that is funny! well you can leave them whole or smash them up. I like to smash them a little! might work!
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ooh..I have never tasted this..but this looks too good!! 🙂
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Thanks it is yummy we love it, another typical breakfast!
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😉👍
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Omg I have that same plate! That looks delish.
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Really? My daughter bought it for me!
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Yes! Got two serving plates for my wedding several years ago. LOVE them!
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I love this one!
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I think even I could make this. Beautiful and yummy post. N.
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thanks so much
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Looks great, and your photography enhances it even more. Lovely.☺
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Thanks so much!
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Ummm, hate to break it to ya, Lynn, but Foul means nasty! I think someone played a trick on you! lol
Just kiddin. The ingredients sound yummy, just the name put me off!
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Ok foool is how it is pronounced
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Thanks!
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ok go look!!
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Haha i put fool last time but its spelled foul so i put it lol
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😉
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Another to try…sounds fantastic…love the sauce idea, some of my favourite ingredients…I have so many wonderful recipes to try! Thanks so much Lyn
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Sure thanks brenda!
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It looks so yummy!!
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it is different and we love it! thanks Chevvy
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Well, I’ll definitely go on your recommendation and try it out as soon as I’ve collected all the ingredients. Your presentation of food is great!
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Thanks chevvy
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looks very delicious Lynn!
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thanks Freda!
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This looks so yummy 🙂 I think I need to borrow your culinary skills 😉
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ha ha thanks!
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🙂
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Looks yummy and very interesting recipe Lynn. However what foul is a kind of lentil or seeds. Please tell me is there any other name. I really want to prepare it.
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they are beans, Fava beans
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Ok
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let me know if you need anything further dear, on google it described more
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Yes, I try to search in google for indian name
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Do you know this bean?
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I am not sure but it looks very common. May rajma or butter beans
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Oh ok good
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I think they would have them where you are since there are so many dishes I have seen that we have in common!
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Oh yes!!! I have to search for it
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you must know it! I think
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I am hearing about this dish for the first time.. looks so yummy 🙂
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thanks it is good
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The flavored of this dish sound wonderful!
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thanks it is full of flavorful stuff
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I’m really excited for the sauce! Gonna try it !
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so glad , let me know if you like it!
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It looks so healthy too! Yum:)
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thanks Sadie!
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My kind of food and a definite to make. By the way, did you know that where I come from (England) a Fool is a pudding made with cream and custard and fruit – often gooseberries or rhubarb. Like this Foul there are many many different versions and like this Foul it is pretty addictive stuff, the Fool 🙂
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I have seen something like that in a book years ago but didn’t think of it until you are mentioning it! how funny wonder if they are connected in some way?
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It would be really interesting to find out ….
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I would love to know! totally slipped my mind all these years. I had several neighbors from England and so I do remember some terms!
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I’ll get on the case … I’ve got enough cook books to sink a battle ship so there must be something in one of them!
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ok great! me too tons!
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My children forced me to get rid of 9 crates full about 5 years ago and I have been on a mission to replace them all (and add) every since!!!
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what!! wow that is allot!
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Guilty pleasure 😉
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yes i understand lol
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But you could seriously right one …. I had an amazing one written by an English woman who moved with her tiny children to the mountains of Spain and then Southern France and years later one of her daughter’s died and she wrote this book about those years and all the food she had made and they had eaten as a family. Very beautiful, full of great recipes but a powerful story too. There you are – a bit of light work on the side for you 😉
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haha yes! I might do one of middle eastern recipes? they are all learned from authentic home cooks so maybe?
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Yes! Perfect in fact and interspersed with your experience. I take no cut as your agent 😉
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ha ha!!! your so good!
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I love a flavorful dish and that plate is beautiful and vibrant!
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Thanks so much!
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Yummy Recipe 🙂
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Thanks
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That sounds delicious. More ingredients to add to my shopping list!
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thanks hope you like it
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I love legumes of any kind and I’ve heard about this dish before. I remember when coming across it I thought it’d be a great dish to try and make. Thanks to recipe I can now make it. 🙂
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Thanks I hope you like it!
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Since I don’t eat meat I eat a lot of beans but have never cooked fava beans. I’ll have to try this recipe. Thanks, Lynn!
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I am so glad I really like them!
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A Sudanese friend made foul for me quite some years back and it was fantastic! never had it again. your post is making me nostalgic 🙂
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Really that is so cool! Awwe I am so happy!
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Oh yes!! Love that last shot, all covered in tahini sauce…heavenly!
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thanks I love garlic yumm
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Me too!! Lots of it!
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yess!
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Looks very good:p Glad you clarified on how it is pronounced LOL
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ha ha well someone asked me so I thought that was best lol
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This would work with one of your foul recipes? I one with lentils, it was quite tasty and threw the leftovers in spaghetti the next day ☺ sauce sounds tasty, who doesn’t like garlic?
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wow good idea!
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It looks really tasty and so good with a fresh bread on the side! 🙂
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thanks
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This sounds really good!!! Looks delicious
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Thanks it is very tasty
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Very interesting
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