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Lablabi

Tunisia's winter breakfast for everyone: a bowl of torn stale bread drowned in garlicky cumin-scented chickpea broth, topped with harissa, olive oil, a soft egg, capers, and tuna — assembled to order and eaten piping hot.

1 hr 45 min · Serves 4 · Easy

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Serves
4

Ingredients

Base

Topping

Time
Prep 15 min · Cook 90 min · 105 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    Simmer the soaked chickpeas with garlic and cumin until very soft and the broth is flavorful.

    90 min
  2. 2

    Tear stale bread into the bowl.

    5 min
  3. 3

    Ladle over the hot chickpeas and broth; top with harissa, olive oil, lemon, a soft egg, capers, and tuna — each bowl dressed to order.

    10 min

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