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🇱🇾 Traditional dishes from Libya

3 dishes people actually cook in Libya: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Bazin

120 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Bazin, a traditional dish from Libya

Savor the rich flavors of traditional Libyan bazin.

  • 500 g semolina flour
  • 600 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 600 g lamb
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 200 g chickpeas

Couscous

45 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Couscous, a traditional dish from Libya

Enjoy a fragrant and fluffy Libyan couscous dish!

  • 300 g couscous
  • 400 ml water
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 zucchinis
  • 200 g chickpeas
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

Shorba

60 min · medium · 13 ingredients

Shorba, a traditional dish from Libya

A fragrant and hearty Libyan soup to warm your soul.

  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 200 g onion
  • 4 garlic
  • 150 g carrot
  • 100 g celery
  • 400 g canned tomatoes
  • 240 g chickpeas
  • 2 tsp cumin
  • 2 tsp coriander
  • 1 vegetable broth
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 30 g fresh parsley

What do people eat in Libya?

The three dishes from Libya documented in Copper are Bazin, Couscous and Shorba. Chickpeas and cumin each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 18 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Libya?

The three recipes need 18 ingredients between them, of which 6 are shared by more than one dish. Chickpeas is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 12 use chickpeas. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Libya take?

Couscous is the quickest at 45 minutes. Bazin is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Libya is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Libya here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Couscous is the shortest way in.

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