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Bajilla

Name: Bajilla
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bahrain
Ingredients: 300g (dried) Fava Beans; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 1 Lemon; A pinch Chili powder; 1.5L Water

Side Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fava beans simmered soft and topped with cumin and lemon — a Bahraini breakfast street food.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bajilla is a fava bean dish loved in Bahrain for breakfast and snacks: dried fava beans are simmered soft, sprinkled with salt, cumin, and pepper, and eaten with a squeeze of lemon. In Manama's old quarter it's sold at stalls from early morning, and it's popular on Ramadan nights too. Simple and gentle in flavor.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a morning in Manama's old quarter, steaming brown fava beans are scooped from a big pot at a stall and handed over in paper cups.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Fava Beans 300g (dried)
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Lemon 1
Chili powder A pinch
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the fava beans in water overnight.
Change the water and boil for 1 1/2 hours until soft.
Serve in bowls with a little of the cooking liquid.
Sprinkle with salt, cumin, pepper, and chili powder.
Squeeze over lemon to eat.

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