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Potato Bissara
🇲🇦 Moroccan Vegetarian

Potato Bissara

🇲🇦 Moroccan

Smooth and savoury: potato whipped with oil and lemon into the ultimate sharing plate. 10 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 0 min Serves 6 Easy

Ingredients

  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic2 cloves, grated
  • Potato4
  • Lemon1/2, juiced
  • Olive Oil3 tbsp, good and fruity
  • Ground Cumin1 tsp
  • Fava Beans300 g
  • Ras el Hanout1/2 tsp

Optional extras

  • Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

  1. 1

    Prepare the potato — roast, boil or mash it depending on what it is, until completely soft.

  2. 2

    Beat it smooth with the olive oil, adding it in a slow stream for a silky texture.

  3. 3

    Season with the garlic, lemon juice, ras el hanout and salt — taste as you go.

  4. 4

    Swoosh onto a plate with a spoon-back of oil, a sprinkle of fresh cilantro, and serve with warm bread.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the ras el hanout in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Bissara Broad Beans / Green peas Soup بصارة بالفول و بجلبانة · on YouTube