Split Black Matpe Beans

I was out exploring the ethnic food aisles and came across a bag of split black matpe beans.  These are new to me and look quite a bit like lentils but what really piqued my interest was the nutrition label on the back. Take a gander:

That 52 grams of protein, 28% of daily calcium and 87% of iron seems pretty incredible, and although I can't imagine sitting and eating the cooked equivalent of  1 cup of dried beans all in one sitting, with numbers like that it's worth trying to put these beans to use.  Unfortunately, the internet seems woefully unacknowledging of this little bean. So it's time to experiment.

I've started with 3 cups of the dried beans and soaked overnight.  The beans are white with a greenish-black husk.  In the morning I rinsed these through a wire mesh.  The beans are small and took quite a bit of rinsing. I added them to a pot and covered them with a couple of inches of water an set to boil.  Boiled for 10 minutes and simmered for another 50 before I was sure the beans were cooked enough.  Finally, I thoroughly rinsed the beans with cold water and measured.  The three cups of dried beans yielded eight cups of cooked beans.  Well, that's a lot more than I expected.    So I took two cups out and pureed them in blender.  The rest went in the fridge for later experiments.

Next up, experimenting with turning these beans into cookies.