Harcha or Harsha is a Moroccan pan-fried bread made from fine semolina. It has a texture of cornbread, made rich with butter and milk.
Even though it does look like an English muffin, it has a cornbread in texture and taste. As always every family has different recipes for this bread. However, this one is quite rich as it has a lot of butter and milk added. This is supposed to be cooked in small discs and served right away.
Some recipes call for coating the final one in coarse semolina before frying. However, since I was using the semolina available locally, it was already coarse in texture. I served this with Apricot Jam and it was really very good. Peddu enjoyed it as such and said he remembers eating it before.
Though I had something else planned for this letter, I finally settled with this Harcha for my A to Z International Flatbreads. My H for Street Food is an interesting one that you can check.
In A to Z International Flatbreads
A for Afghan Flatbread
B for Bale Hannina Chapathi
C Cascioni Romganoli
D for Dhal Puri
E for Emirati Khameer Bread
F for Focaccia di Recco
G for Gur aur Til ki Roti
Step by Step Pictures for making Harcha
Harcha ~ Moroccan Semolina Pan Fried Flatbread
2 cups Semolina
3 tbsp Sugar
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 cup Butter melted
1/2 Milk add more if required.
In a bowl, take the semolina, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add melted butter and mix well.
Slowly add the milk and check if you can form a dough. Add more milk depending on the requirement.
Let it rest for 10 mins.
Heat a griddle, and divide the dough into equal balls.
Cook the flatbreads on both sides until cooked on slow flame.
Serve immediately with jam, cheese, or butter.
Recipe
Harcha ~ Moroccan Semolina Pan Fried Flatbread
Ingredients
- 2 cups Semolina /Rava
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tsp Baking powder
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Butter melted
- 1/2 Milk add more if required.
Instructions
- In a bowl, take the semolina, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add melted butter and mix well.
- Slowly add the milk and check if you can form a dough. Add more milk depending on the requirement.
- Let it rest for 10 mins.
- Heat a griddle, and divide the dough into equal balls.
- Cook the flatbreads on both sides until cooked on slow flame.
- Serve immediately with jam, cheese, or butter.
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Priya Suresh says
Those pan fried semolina flatbreads are fabulous and i have tried these semolina flatbread long back for an event. Now you are tempting me again to prepared some to enjoy with some warm honey sauce.
Sandhiya says
This semolina pan fried flatbread is so new to me. It must be delicious with those jams. Great share Valli. Will try it out sometime.
Gayathri Kumar says
With rava, these breads must be really crisp. I guess we can use chiroti rava for the more finer version. I owuld love to try this..
Harini says
Very unique bread, Valli. Sounds yumm with all the jam oozing out.
manjulabharathkumar2016 says
Wow, this rava bread looks so crispy and delicious, You are right on the first look it does look like english muffin, with some apricot jam it must have tasted divine !! wonderful selection for of bread from Morocco valli ...
Padmajha PJ says
Learning so many new dishes through these BM editions Srivalli and so many getting bookmarked as well. I think we must have a bookmarked mega BM! Anyways, this dish looks really yum with that jam in between!
Vaishali Sabnani says
I had made Harcha a couple of years back and I loved it..this bread is so so delicious on its own too. Serving with jam must have been great.
Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner says
Sooji flatbread always have an amazing bread and with pan fried we can have it guiltless... Lovely share Valli..
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
Rava bread that too pan fried, sounds very interesting. It looks very crispy also. Good one Valli. I think we use it as a tikki also. 😉
Pavani says
I made these a few months ago and absolutely loved how soft and crumbly they turned out. Your harcha look amazing with that jam. Lovely pick for the letter H.
kalyani says
is there a cuisine or country you have left out, Valli !?? such a favulous display of flatbreads - truly inspirational 🙂
Priya Srinivasan says
wow valli, i m amazed at your flatbread selection!!! Semme po!!! Loving this quickie bread, must taste awesome while it is still hot!
cookingwithsapana says
Semolina pan fried flatbread looks like another version of biscuits. I shall try it for evening tea time, bookmarking.
mayurisjikoni says
Cute harchas. Its on list of 'to try' and your clicks are convincing me that I should make them soon.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
This is a great recipe with semolina and looks similar to pan fried corn meal cakes. Great choice for a sandwich.
Simply Tadka says
Wow.. love the taste and crisp harchas with filling.
Suma Gandlur says
This has been on my to do list for a few months now. I guess this makes a great substitute for toast.