Everyone talks and talks about how healthy the Mediterranean diet is but always disregard the super heavy meals we make and eat from time to time. The meals often times send you into a 'carb coma' without even realizing it. Ever eaten a plate of ful medames and had a sudden urge to go to bed? Carb coma is what it is. These 11 Middle Eastern meals will no doubt leave you in a carb coma:
1. Koshari
Rice, lentils, pasta and chickpeas all in one meal.
2. Riz bi ful
Fava beans are packed with protein but are also packed with loads of fiber.
3. Falafel sandwich
Basically, chickpeas and bread.
4. Mdardara ...when eaten with pita bread!
5. Ful medames + pita bread
Again, a great source of protein but also loaded with fiber. When scooping with bread, get ready to welcome the carb coma.
6. Kebbe raaheb stew
Beans and pieces of dough made from burghul.
7.Yakhnet batata
Kills the meaning of stew. I mean potatoes with rice? Yummy but still kinda weird.
8. Moghrabieh with bread
Moghrabieh alone is enough to get you in a carb coma with the dough balls and chickpeas. Adding bread calls for bedtime.
9. Kebbet hileh
Kibbeh stuffed with potatoes.
10. Reshta bl 3adas
Another dish that perfectly combines protein (lentils) and carbs (dough), but enough to send you into a carb coma.
11. Kibbeh Aat’aa
Potato and chickpeas. Carb overload.