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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 (112g)

Recipe makes 8 servings

Calories 153
Calories from Fat 37 (24%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 4.2g 6%
Saturated Fat 0.6g 2%
Monounsaturated Fat 2.6g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.7g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 161mg 6%
Potassium 239mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 22.9g 7%
Dietary Fiber 5.2g 20%
Sugars 1.0g
Protein 6.7g 13%

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Fool Madamas

Recipe #134366 | 35 min | 5 min prep | add private note

By: Sass Smith
Aug 22, 2005

This is a popular breakfast and lunch food across the Middle East, but especially in Egypt. I like to heap it on toast for breakfast or spoon a little into a pita with some tahini for lunch. It's ridiculously easy, and freezes really well if you can't eat it all at once. Very versatile, it can be a side dish or a main dish, and if you can get your kids to try it, fool makes a great comfort food.

SERVES 8 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 1
    Stir all ingredients together in a saucepan.
  2. 2
    Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes, occasionally mashing the beans with the back of a large spoon.
  3. 3
    If the fool is being served for lunch, you might want to throw a little cayenne pepper or some diced chiles at this point.
  4. 4
    It's ready when the texture is somewhere between a soup and a paste - serve hot.

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From: dogsandwoods

On Jul 16, 2007

This is excellent and healthy! My oncologist says that these beans are excellent alternatives to hormone replacement therapy as they contain phyto-estrogens, which she says are not cancer causing. She ought to know as she has been trained in Kuwait, the UK and here! Thank you for this!

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    From: sugarpea

    On Jan 4, 2006

    I'm addicted-already. I did have to add about 1/4c of water to have a thin enough mixture to bring to a boil. This is going to be a regular breakfast/lunch for me. I just loved it.

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