🇱🇧 Lebanon
Balila
Balila is what Beirut eats before the hummus is even blended: whole warm chickpeas swimming in lemony broth, finished at the table with olive oil.
🔪 Prep: 5 min🔥 Cook: 20 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
Whole chickpeas served brothy and hot, crushed lightly with garlic and cumin and drowned in olive oil.
Ingredients
- 500 gcooked chickpeas with their broth
- 2 clovesgarlic, crushed with salt
- 1 tspground cumin
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 4 tbspolive oil
- to tasteparsley, to garnish
Method
- 1
Warm the chickpeas in their broth until steaming.
- 2
Ladle into bowls with some broth, then crush a few chickpeas against the side with a spoon.
- 3
Stir in the garlic paste, cumin, and lemon juice while everything is hot.
- 4
Finish with a heavy pour of olive oil and a scatter of parsley, and eat with bread for scooping.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4