🇲🇦 Morocco
Bissara
In northern Morocco, bissara steams from street-corner pots on cold mornings — a workman's soup ladled hot and striped with cumin and paprika oil.
🔪 Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 45 min📈 Difficulty: Easy
Cooking for
4 people
✨ What makes it special
A smooth, pourable soup — no fresh herbs — finished with olive oil, cumin, and sweet paprika swirled on top.
Ingredients
- 300 gsplit dried fava beans, soaked
- 5 clovesgarlic
- 2 tspground cumin
- 1 tspsweet paprika
- 6 tbspolive oil
- 1 tspsalt
Method
- 1
Simmer the fava beans with the garlic in plenty of water until falling apart.
- 2
Blend until completely smooth, adding cooking water to a pourable soup consistency.
- 3
Season with salt and half the cumin and return briefly to the heat.
- 4
Ladle into bowls and swirl olive oil, cumin, and paprika over each one.
- 5
Serve piping hot with khobz for dunking.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 4