On this episode of Breakfast for Dinner, we’re taking a look at a traditional Moroccan breakfast by making 5 dishes, including 2 different breads. We’ll also make Balboula which is a Moroccan barley porridge and some khlea eggs.
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0:00 Intro
0:46 Perfect Moroccan Green Tea
2:16 Balboula Barley Couscous porridge
4:39 Baghrir Moroccan Pancakes
7:01 Assorted breakfast platter
8:41 Msemen Flaky flatbread
13:05 Khlea Eggs
14:26 Outro
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Balboula:
200g (1 cup) Barley Semolina/Barley Couscous/Tchicha
750ml Milk
500ml Water
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 Tsp salt
Honey or Thyme for topping

Baghrir:
200g Fine Semolina
50g All Purpose Flour
1/2 Tbsp Instant Yeast
1 Tsp Sugar
1 Tsp Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp Salt

Platter:
Salty Black Olives
Laughing cow cheese
Goats cheese
Honey
Strawberry or seasonal jam

Msemen:
150g Fine Semolina
150g All Purpose Flour
75g Butter
170ml Water
1/2 Tsp salt
Vegetable oil
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Directions:

To make the Balboula:
1- Add your barley couscous to a bowl and top with loads of water, then wash thoroughly three times until the water remains mostly clear
2- Drain the couscous and add to a pot with the water. Bring to a boil, then add the olive oil, and turn the heat to medium
3- Cover with a lid and cook for 5-20 minutes. Once the liquid is absorbed, add in the milk, and cook for 10-15 minutes stirring frequently to prevent burning
4- Add the salt, then serve. Fill a bowl with the balboula, then top with olive oil, followed by honey or thyme

To make the Baghrir:
1- Add all the ingredients except the baking powder to a food processor or blender
2- Mix together well, scraping down the sides of the bowl, then mix for a minute until the mixture is frothy and bubbly
3- Add the baking powder then set the mixture aside for 30 minutes to rest
4- To cook, heat a pan on medium high heat, then pour in a few tablespoons of water
5- Swirl this around, then toss out, and pour in a ladle of the batter
6- Cook this without flipping over, until the top surface completely dries out
7- Stack, and allow to rest until softened

To make the Msemen:
1- Add the Semolina, Flour and salt together then mix briefly, before adding the water and mixing into a rough dough ball
2- Once a rough ball forms, knead by hand for 5 minutes, or in a stand mixer for 3 minutes, until the dough ball becomes smooth and not sticky to the touch
3- Oil a bowl, and add the dough, then set this aside to rest for as long as possible. The longer the rest the easier this is to stretch
4- Once rested, cut the dough into 6 equal pieces, and shape into a square about 15X25cm or 2-3mm thick
5- Use your hands to stretch the dough outwards and double it in size
6- Sprinkle the entire top surface with melted butter and then semolina
7- Fold 1/3rd of the dough towards the center, then apply butter and semolina again, before folding the other side
8- Repeat steps 6,7 this time folding the top, to fold the dough into a square
9- Allow to rest for 15-20 minutes, then stretch out to double it in size
10- Preheat a pan over high heat, then add the bread. Cook for 4 minutes, flipping every minute, until well browned allover

24 Comments

  1. I've been to Morocco 3 years ago, great country but the breakfast I had at the hotel back felt watered down compared to what is shown here, definitely going to give it a go since I'm fed up of the old milk and cereal 😂.

  2. I got a question for my Moroccan people. do we actually have orange juice for breakfast

  3. Hopefully you will do a Yemeni breakfast episode. I really want to make Masoob and Adas. Great videos all the way around

  4. I have watched 2 "breakfast" videos so far. All of them shot during the e evening. Haha 😂

  5. I thought a Moroccan breakfast was a few tokes of the Rif mountains' finest 'tobacco'.!!

  6. How scariligous of you two to have breakfast before bed….xx 🤣

  7. When we were in Morocco we had small green olives that were sweet chilli olives. My husband and I were addicted to these – do you have any idea where and how we can get some in the UK?

  8. Hi, I’m Moroccan and we don’t exactly make tea like that. We do strain the tea (not necessary) but once we add the water to the tea we put it to medium/low and let it boil, a bit before it boils, add the mint (add a lot) and then once it’s boiled it’s done. Most Moroccans don’t strain it AFTER it’s cooked because the leave’s residue give it a a more earthy flavour and it also adds to the texture. But one thing that cannot go wrong, the taste!

  9. In the north we don’t eat all that, we consume a lot of goat cheese, olives, fruit jams, olive oil, some embutidos (like mortadelas), msmnat (its like some kind of thin bread-like thing) and laban (fermented milk) and instead of tea i think we consume more coffee.

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