FUUL, the national dish: hmm that looks nice!?
Fuul or Mashed or Stewed is the food that no visitor to Sudan can avoid, no matter how much you might want to after the thousandth bowl! it's the national dish it's sold everywhere, and it's eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner ( and sometimes all three! ) when it's cooked right it's delicious and very healthy, when it's not well...... less said the better!
Many new vistors make the mistake og eating it plain, in which case it's no wonder they don't like it!
The proper way to eat it is to mix it up with an assortment of salad, tomatoes, onions,strong 'jibna' cheese (like fata), salad and 'shotta' fiery chilli power.
Drawn it a bit in oil and it's then eating by scooping it up in some bread.
like most food in Sudan, fuul is eaten communally from one bowl_ the more people at the table, the bigger the bowl and the more fingers the merrier! you'd be a fuul not to try it! (sorry couldn't resist that one!) |
