{"id":6478,"date":"2026-10-21T08:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeinliban.com\/how-to-make-foul-balila-mssabaha-beans-chickpeas\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T19:37:04","slug":"how-to-make-foul-balila-mssabaha-beans-chickpeas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeinliban.com\/ar\/how-to-make-foul-balila-mssabaha-beans-chickpeas\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Foul, Balila and Msabbaha (Beans and Chickpeas)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lebanon’s weekend breakfast trio, made with one pot of warm beans, plenty of garlic and lemon, and the best olive oil you have.<\/em><\/p>\n

Recipe Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prep time<\/th>\n15 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cook time<\/th>\n15 minutes (with canned beans)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serves<\/th>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Difficulty<\/th>\nEasy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Origin<\/th>\nAcross Lebanon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Diet<\/th>\nVegan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Foul, balila and msabbaha are three different dishes that share a table. Foul mudammas is small brown fava beans, warmed and crushed with garlic, lemon and olive oil; it is eaten from Egypt to Syria and probably began in Egypt. Balila is whole chickpeas served warm with cumin, garlic and lemon. Msabbaha is warm chickpeas folded into a loose tahini and lemon sauce, a bit like an unblended hummus.<\/p>\n

In Lebanon, all three are weekend breakfast food. Specialist shops called foualeh open early and sell them by the bowl, and many families make them at home on Sunday morning. The table is never just the beans: there are always tomatoes, mint, radishes, green chilies, spring onions, olives, pickles and a stack of bread. This recipe makes all three from canned beans, so you can serve one or all of them.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/h2>\n

For the foul mudammas<\/h3>\n