Harcha

Try it filled with crushed almonds and oranges.

Harcha. Published on apr 20 2014. The version shown in the photo is a rich plain harcha made with butter and milk. Don t worry though it s not like you re going to eat sand paper harcha is soft and fluffy in the inside.

The name basically means rough bread. Harcha is a type of semolina bread made from fine semolina grits which lend texture and flavor redolent of cornbread. Harcha is one of the most delicious moroccan snacks.

Harcha are simple moroccan semolina biscuits enjoyed for breakfast as a snack on their own or even better alongside a freshly brewed cup of mint tea. Harcha or harsha is a moroccan pan fried bread made from semolina. Some traditional recipes in contrast use oil and water.

Ingredients vary sightly from recipe to recipe as do the size of the harcha ranging from small individual biscuits to a large cake shared among many. I have taken this recipe from here and is quite rich in taste due to butter and milk.

These are little semolina breads that you can fill with savory fillings cheese etc or sweet honey jam etc. Harcha is baked on a hot plate or in a frying pan. It resembles english muffin but it s more like a cornbread in texture and taste.

Harcha is a type of pan fried semolina cake and like baghrir or msemen harcha is famous for being one of the classic moroccan breakfast essentials usually served for breakfast they are also enjoyed in morocco during tea time with jam or with honey and butter syrup. In the east of morocco harcha is also called mbesses. Harcha حرشة is a bread in the form of a galette that is prepared with durum wheat flour butter or olive oil and milk or water.