مْنْكوبْ - إِباوْنْ
Recipe, Introduction and Photos by Mamatkamal
We call them "Ibawn =إِباوْنْ " in Tachalhit or Imazighen, and "Fool" or "Ful = فُولْ ", in Moroccan Darija, elsewhere they are commonly known as fava beans, broad beans, horse beans or windsor beans etc.... When I was a kid, I tried to grow fava beans in a glass! So I got a clear drinking glass, put some shredded newspaper to hold my beans inside, then put 4 or 5 fresh shelled fava beans in the center and poured a few cm of water. I was sure I could actually make fava beans sprout in my glass! So there sat my glass, on our kitchen windowsill, and dutifully I watered or rather over-watered the beans every single day, waiting several weeks for a sprout to appear or for something or anything to emerge. Nothing, I gave up on my fava beans!
I have loved fresh, raw or cooked fava beans since my childhood , and I remember my mother who whenever she thought I hadn't been eating enough vegetables, she would give me a bunch of fava beans to shell, knowing that I would eat at least half of what she gave me. Some prefer them cooked but personally, I find them equally delicious either served in the pod, shelled or in a tomato sauce or in a tagine or couscous or soup etc.... There are so many variations of dishes that you can make with fava beans, which are very popular in Moroccan cooking, with many summer dishes, celebrating the seasonal fava bean, however they are also dried for winter use.
The most popular fava bean dish in Morocco is Mangoob (MAN-GOOB) = مْنْكوبْ, the recipe I'm posting today. It is mostly served as a side dish, and it usually accompanies tagines, fish, and some nice home-made bread. It's a combination of fava beans, garlic, parsley/coriander, and cumin in a rich fresh tomato sauce with a touch of lemon! Absolutely delicious!
Serves 4 to 5 people / Pour 5 à 5 personnes
Preparation Time: 0 h 15 minutes / Temps de préparation: 0 h 15 minutes
Cook Time: 0 h 45 minutes / Temps de cuisson : 0 h 45 minutes
N.B. : 500 gr of fresh fava beans in their pods, yielding about 170 gr of shelled beans / 500 gr de fèves fraîches donne à peine 170 gr de graines
Ingredients for tomato sauce / Ingrédients pour sauce tomate:
-About 50 ml olive oil / Environ 50 ml d'huile d'olive
-1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper / 1/4 c à thé ou à café de poivre noir moulu
-1 teaspoon ground cumin / 1 c à thé ou à café de cumin poudre
-Some salt to taste / Un peu de sel selon le goût
-1 teaspoon sweet red paprika / 1 c à thé ou à café de paprika rouge ou piment doux
-2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley and coriander leaves / 2 c à soupe de feuilles fraîches de persil et coriandre hachées
-Juice of 1/2 fresh lemon / Jus d'1/2 citron frais
-1/4 preserved lemon, pulp and rind, finely minced / 1/4 de citron confit, peau et pulpe hachés finement
-1/4 teaspoon tomato puree or tomato paste / 1/4 c à à thé ou café concentré de tomates ou pâte de tomate
-About 400 gr fresh, ripe tomatoes, grated or chopped in blender/ Environ 400 gr de tomates bien mûres, râpées ou passées au robot
-1/4 teaspoon of sodaniya powder (or use hot red paprika or red chilli powder or Tunisian Harissa). Only for spicy food lovers! / 1/4 c à thé ou à café de sodaniya poudre (ou utilisez chilli en poudre ou Harissa Tunisienne). A ajouter seulement si vous aimez le piquant!
(Known as soudaniya ghobra in Morocco / Qu'on appelle soudaniya ghobra au Maroc)
السّودانِيّة غْبْرَة
السّودانِيّة غْبْرَة
Other ingredients / Autres ingrédients :
-Reserve a bit of preserved lemon rind and parsley for garnish / Garnir avec la peau de citron confit et du persil.
Method / Préparation:
2-Wash the fava beans and steam them for about 1 hour to 1 1/2 hours or until they are quite tender. / Laver les fèves, et faire cuire à la vapeur pendant 1 heure à 1 heure et demie ou jusqu'à que les fèves, soient bien tendres.
Prepare tomato sauce / Préparer la sauce tomate:
2-Add tomatoes, tomato paste, lemon juice, preserved lemon, parsley/coriander and all spices. Stir and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and allow to cook for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until a nice thick sauce has formed. Do not cover and stir occasionally./ Ajouter les tomates, jus de citron, citron confit, persil/coriandre, concentré de tomate et toutes les épices. Remuer de temps en temps et une fois à ébullition, réduire le feu et laisser la sauce cuire sans couvrir enriron 25 à 30 minutes jusqu'à la sauce soit bien liée et assez épaisse.
3-Add the cooked fava beans and you might need to add some water (but make sure not to add too much). Add only if your tomatoes are not juicy enough and the sauce is TOO THICK to serve (usually 30 ml of water is sufficient). / Ajouter les fèves cuites et si la sauce devient trop épaisse, ajouter un tout petit peu de l'eau, mais surtout PAS TROP, en général 30 ml d'eau est largement assez.
4-Simmer for about 15 minutes to heat the fava beans, allowing them to absorb all the fabulous flavours of the sauce, which will thicken. Remember if too thick, add again a little bit of water, but NOT TOO MUCH. Gently stir, trying not to break or mash the fava beans. / Laisser mijoter pendant environ 15 minutes pour chauffer les fèves, et leur permettre d'absorber les riches saveurs de la sauce, qui va s'épaissir. Encore une fois, si la sauce est trop épaisse, ajouter un tout petit peu de l'eau, mais surtout PAS TROP. Remuer le tout délicatement pour éviter de briser les fèves.
5-Adjust the seasoning, add more salt or black pepper or few drops of fresh lemon juice, then remove from the heat. / Goûter et ajuster l'assaisonement, ajouter un peu de sel ou poivre noir moulu ou bien quelques gouttes de jus de citron frais etc...
6-Garnish and serve warm or cold with some nice bread. Sprinkle on some ground cumin. Enjoy! / Garnir et servir chaude ou froide avec du bon pain. Saupoudrer d'un peu de cumin poudre. Bssa7a w ra7a!
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4 comments:
Las habas frescas me encantan un plato sencillo y sabroso para mí irresistible,abrazos hugs.,hugs.
I love broad beans! That salad is fantastic.
Bon weekend et bises,
Rosa
love beans !
lovely looking salad sister!machallah
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