🇪🇬 Egypt
Bessara
Egyptian bessara is ancient food, green with a garden of herbs and eaten cold with bread and a crown of crispy fried onions.
🔪 Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 40 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
A thick, herb-green dip — dill, coriander, parsley, and mint blended in — always topped with fried onions.
Ingredients
- 300 gsplit dried fava beans, soaked
- 1 bunchfresh coriander
- ½ bunchdill
- ½ bunchparsley
- 4 clovesgarlic
- 1 tspground cumin
- 2 onions, sliced and fried crisp
- 4 tbspolive oil
Method
- 1
Simmer the soaked fava beans with the garlic until completely collapsed, about 40 minutes.
- 2
Blend the beans with the fresh herbs, cumin, and salt into a thick green cream.
- 3
Pour into a dish and let it cool and set slightly.
- 4
Top with the crispy fried onions and a pour of olive oil, and scoop with baladi bread.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4