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Bazeen

Name: Bazeen
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Libya
Ingredients: 300g Barley Flour; 500g Lamb; 3 Potato; 1 Onion; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; 4 Hard-boiled eggs; 1 tsp Chili powder; 1/2 tsp Turmeric; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 2 tsp Salt; 1.5L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

A dome of stiff barley dough surrounded by lamb and tomato sauce — a traditional Libyan dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Bazeen is Libya's signature traditional dish: barley flour is worked stiff in boiling water into a smooth dome, surrounded by a spicy sauce of lamb, potatoes, and tomato, and served with boiled eggs. Family and guests gather around a big platter, tearing off the dough with their right hands and dipping it in the sauce. It's a feast for celebrations and Fridays.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Libyan home, a brown dome of dough sits in the center of a big round platter, boiled eggs ringed in the red sauce around it, as the family eats with their right hands.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Barley Flour 300g
Lamb 500g
Potato 3
Onion 1
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Hard-boiled eggs 4
Chili powder 1 tsp
Turmeric 1/2 tsp
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 1.5L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sauté the chopped onion and lamb in olive oil in a pot, add the tomato paste, spices, salt, and 1L water, and simmer 1 hour.
Add the potatoes cut large and simmer 20 minutes.
In another pot, bring 500ml water and a little salt to a boil, add the barley flour, and work vigorously.
Work for 15 minutes, adding a little sauce, until smooth and stiff, then shape into a dome.
Set it in the center of a platter, pour the meat and sauce around it, and arrange the boiled eggs.

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