Egyptian "Besara" Recipe -- a Wonderful Broad Beans Appetizer

Are you looking for a scrumptious, versatile and super good for you appetizer recipe? If so, look no further than this traditional Egyptian dish made of broad beans, parsley and other fabulous green herbs. This dish calls for the simplest of ingredients and is ridiculously easy to put together -- the best things in life are always the simplest, aren't they?

I think you'll agree with me that besara is positively delightful.

Oh, and we usually serve this cold.
Ingredients:
2 cups broad beans, soaked overnight
1 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves
1 large handful fresh parsley leaves
1 handful fresh coriander leaves
1/2 handful fresh dill
1 tsp cumin powder
Salt and pepper, to taste

Put all the above ingredients into a saucepan which has about 3 cups of boiling water. Boil the ingredients for about half an hour, until the water mostly evaporates and the beans are cooked. You may need to add more water in the process.

After everything is cooked, leave the ingredients to cool.

Once cooled, add the ingredients to a food processor and process until they become a fine paste with a uniform consistency.

Transfer the paste to a serving dish. You can sprinkle it with caramelized onions if you like. Refrigerate until completely chilled.

Serve with pita bread.

Serves 6

If you liked this recipe then you MUST try:

Baba Ghanouj Dip
The ORIGINAL hommos recipe
Egyptian Felafel

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