Type Dip or spread Main ingredients Tic beans Main ingredient Broad bean | Course Snack or hors d'oeuvre Place of origin Malta | |
Similar Maltese bread, Ġbejna, Pastizz, Broad bean, Imqaret |
Bigilla is a traditional Maltese dish, made of mashed beans. Tic beans, known in Malta as "ful ta' Ġirba" (Djerba beans), are used. These are similar to but smaller than broad beans, with a darker and harder skin.
Bigilla is served as a snack or an hors d'oeuvre and is usually eaten as a spread.
Tal bigilla david azzopardi
References
Bigilla Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA