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  • I made this twice using this video, it came out perfect! Alia make difficult cooking very easy n accessible to anyone! A+

  • Hi!

    How big is the pan you used?

  • Could you tell me what is the specie after de cinnamon? I'm spanish and no understand the name!!! :( I need the name!! Pleaseeee

  • Nice, I am at the last step which is the Oven. I am very excited about the result :) thank you so much for this amazing video. Guess what now? I can fully enjoy my single life, riding motorcycles and skydiving....no need to get married :)

  • THE BEST MOROCCAN DISH EVER !!!

  • Amazing recipe! I prefer to leave it as golden brown without the powder sugar & cinnamon as perfect to the finish :)

  • wow, I'm not sure if its a desert or a dinner but it looks AMAZING~

  • @ChasehaWing

    i can answer that since i'm moroccan .. this is definitly not a desert .. i doubt you could eat anything after taking some " moroccan pastilla " lol .. it's mad delicious tho

  • @sadcommunity

    So a dinner then? Sounds good, its just the icing sugar and cinnamon threw me off ^^

  • oh thank you yes i didnt type anything and it works :)

  • Salam Alaykum Alia i love all your cooking your great MashAllah i have one Question when i try to write message too you on your homepage on Google it says ( leave comment ): enter name, email, website, but im confused what i have to type in for (website) please if someone can help

  • @Maryam31M I dont think you have to type anything. just leave it blank.

  • Thak you so much.Ilove the great dishes you make .keep on making more you are a great techer .I mad many dishes that you showed and the trund out great.

  • hi alia, i made an account on youtube especially for you... i wanted to thank you for this video... i live in holland and i am not a great cook but thanks to you i can make all of these great maroccain dishes....you are very exact and clear that makes your video's unique..my mother always says " ainek mizanek" but now i don't have to... i can make the dish knowing that it will taste just fine...

    keep up the good work

    greats from the netherlands

  • @Hasna1990NL ik kan ook niet koken :P

    gelukkig bestaan er zulke mensen die het voor ons willen nadoen

    elhamdoulilaah

  • why do you put so much filo?

  • Sugar and chicken doesn't sound very good :P

  • @Canonpedua12 oh suuuure it does, try it first, you'll see the result :D

  • @Canonpedua12 Then you know nothing about fine cuisine ! sugar and Salt dishes proves the richness of a countries gastronomy !

    Bastilla is so ******* GREAT !

  • Thank you for this excellent video! You are a great teacher! I am going to make this next week, for I love it at Moroccan restaurant every 3 weeks or so. If a low cal method, it wd be 3x per day!!! Love, Barbara Todres/NYC

  • I love this pastilla and just tried it...It tasted good but the Filo wasn't a big success. It breaks so easily and I end having many of it on the top. Is there a way by which we can do it at home or is using the row Chinese ones is better?

    Thank you so much

  • Meal

  • So... is this a meal or a dessert?

  • Awsome Video THank you so much, i am going to try to cook it tomorrow for the first time . finger crossed. ramadam moubarak. :-)

  • I LOVE SO MUCH MY COUNTRY !!

  • MI PREFERIDA.............MASHALLA­H

  • actually ya can also , make it with only vegetables .but ya still need a special ingredients , typically Moroccan to do so, so stick with the original version, anyway ya try choumicha's vegetarian bastilla, that ll be a solution.

  • salamo alaikom alia i'm british and ive converted to islam my husband is moroccan and we live in spain every time we go on holiday to morocco i have to have the chicken pastillas i love them they're my fave i've often said to my husband i wish i knew how to make them myself then that's when i saw this video so now i can make them thankyou soo much and i love all your videos and you explain them so well in nice easy steps now i can make for my husband all his favourite food jazaakallah

  • Im impressed

  • Thank you so much its veryyy useful Ved 

  • Don't like the sugar at the end! I love the fish bastilla and the chikken hmmmm

  • i MADE IT.. ITS DELICIOUSSSS!!!!

  • so is it served hot or cold?

  • @lovechild872 hot is best!

  • @lovechild872 In Morocco everyone serve it Hot! but it is also amazing a little cold.

  • can u make a vegetarian version

  • @bubbles02010 That would ruin the whole purpose of this dish.

  • @Rocknium what if a vegetarian wanted to try this tho? ... what is the purpose of this dish, rocknium?

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  • @bubbles02010 Make it as said in the video but don't include the chicken, many of us does it, but it does not taste the same as this one (with the chicken)! that's what I meant.

    The purpose is to mix salty food with sweet food! :) if you remove the chicken it would loose that specialty :)

  • @Rocknium well, i'm not gonna make it (no time/too complicated) but thanks. i'm sure there's something we can do to not sacrifice the taste as much without meat...hmm... oh well... i love meat.

  • i love ur videos alia..keep it up sister..

  • Salam, just wanted to say that I have made Bastilla today:) It was my first try, and alhamdoullillah, it was a success :D:D:D Thank you for the wonderful tips. I had a few problems with the "ounce" measurement. But it worked out in the end. It took me nearly 3 hours, but I think it will get easier with time:)

    Once again thank you for the videos<3

  • Je demande :

    Elle n'est pas écrire les recettes de Pastilla Poulet ?

    Parce que je veux savoir quoi dans les recettes ......

    Aidez-moi pour les recettes !

  • I love how it seems so easy in the making progress. It´s all thanks to your wonderful video:) I´m thinking of preparing this for my mother tomorrow insha Allah:) Hopefully it will go well... I hope.

  • I would like to make bastilla before a dinner party. I believe that you offered two options: 1) assemble, freeze, and then bake the day of the party, or 2) assemble, bake, and refrigerate the day before the party. Which method is better? I would prefer to freeze but I am concerned whether the eggs freeze okay? Does refrigerating a cooked bastilla make it soggy. If I do freeze option, I was wondering if you bake it frozen, at what temperature, and for how long?

  • the chicken looks great... as in it has yellow fat on it... free ranged and therefore much more tasty than the caged ones. Great dish. and very clear instructions :)

  • اللله يعطيك الصحة

  • Lumpia leaves are exactly the same as the ouerka.

  • Salam Alia, I was just wondering, how many calories does this recipe yield??

  • I will try this tommorrow!!

  • I want some of that now lol.

    But I'm just curious, can we also prepare it by mixing the egg, almond, and the chicken mixtures together as one whole mixture??

  • @Eh2thaZ

    I would not do that LOL. the point of this dish is to have the 3 layers separate, let the mixing happens when chewing :-)

  • @cookingwithalia you eat a piece that you request another

  • @cookingwithalia

    Hey Alia!! sweetie i love ur what u doing...just needed to know where can i find those big fillo dought at?? i got a hard time lookin for it...thanx so much

  • @Eh2thaZ qu'on tu mange un morceau tu demande un autre

  • @Eh2thaZ you can do it without eggs too

  • I wish I knew how to make this without meat.

  • When you add the whole chicken, does that include the organs that are packed with it as well?

  • @kinkypooh1019 no, the chicken is cleaned up.

  • @cookingwithalia

    Thanks a ton.  Plan to try this out over the holidays for the family.

  • @kinkypooh1019 noooooo

  • Beautiful...simple...clear instructions...for an Amazing dish...that we never fail to present in happy occasions in Morocco... Traditionally made with Pigeons instead of chicken... but chicken is widely used... either as a main course or as an appetizer..Thank you Alia..

  • You and the recipes are great! Thank you Alia!

  • Love your videos, Alia! I got a question please: is it possible to prepare the pastilla in advance, freeze it and bake it another day? Thanks

  • @moumoun7

    absolutely - you can freeze it up to a month and bake the day you want to serve it. 

  • Alala yalala 3la lhdaga !!!!!k dieu te protege

  • When i went to morocco i could not get enough of this. such a interesting combination!

  • this will take care of main course and dessert in one dish!

  • Thank you so much for this tutorial, Alia. Bastilla is a favorite restaurant dish of mine, and I would love to be able to make a really good one for guests in my home as well.

    My first attempt wasn't bad, but I SERIOUSLY need to work on my technique. Everyone pay attention: Alia is making it look EASY - This is harder than it looks.

  • merci bazzaf we like more

    

  • merci bazzaf we like more

  • الله يعطيك الصحة شكرا لك

  • mmmm I WANT SOME!!

  • Tbark llah 3lik! Akm isrbe7 rebbi a oultma!

  • بارك الله فيك ، يا أخت ، ينقصك الحجاب إستبدال الموسيقى بأناشيد لإستعراض الثقافة المغربية كاملةً :-)

  • @dahanMamdouh الاناشيد ثقافة مشرقية و الثقافة المغربية هي العيطة و احيدوس و الكدرة و الله اعظم من ان يحصر في خرقة على الراس يا اخي في الله. فكر في ماذا ينقصك انت اولا. الاخت علياء ادخلت البهجة و السرور الى قلوب الكثير من البشر باطبفها الجميلة و السهلة. خصوصا المغاربة المرتبطين بالاجانب. لعل الله يجهل ذلك في ميزان حسناتها و ما ادراك انها مسيحية او يهودية او لا دينية؟؟؟؟ هل سيغير ذلك في الامر شيئا؟؟؟؟ مزيدا من العطاء يا اخت علياء.

  • @towngate27 we dont need anashid machri9iya we have moroccan andlusian anashid you must look for anachid ansaloussia

  • @andaloussi89 reread my comment. u misunderstood my point.

  • @dahanMamdouh Why does she need the Hijab, Faith is between Allah and his people, this is a cooking channel, not religion channel. The sister Alia is doing great job BARAK Allah Fiha.

    P.S the music is great.

  • @zouhairuk exactly its bw her n ALLAH i dont thing we have any rt to comment!

  • بارك الله فيك ، يا أخت ، ينقصك الحجاب إستبدال الموسيقى بأناشيد لإستعراض الثقافة المغربية كاملةً :-)

  • I made this for my Moroccan boyfriend and it turned out amazing! I had never tried it before, but for him it was like a taste of home. Thank you for sharing!

  • Love delicious! I'm gonna give this recipe a try

  • Each month at our church we have special pot luck themes. Next month our theme is "Kitchen and beyond" featuring dishes we've never heard or tried. I definitely am going to make this dish! It looks easy enough and the ingredients aren't too hard to find here. Question: Are there any short cuts to this dish? Can I use a rottisery (sp) chicken instead of the cooking method?

  • @pookeebear

    Your church pot luck seems so cool!

    I would still follow the recipe as it is, because if you use rotisserie chicken then you will not have the sauce of the chicken where the eggs are cooked. That is why I would recommend to cook the chicken yourself.

    good luck!

  • My favorite, ate it with dove and chicken when I was in your magical country!

  • what about couscous?? i think is the most popular dish in north africa

  • Where do you get your plates from?

    Thi recipe looks amazing- cant wait to try it out

    =]

  • @l0v3andm3m0ri3s

    Some of my plates are from morocco and others are from Pottery Barn, they have some pretty moroccan looking plates!

  • Any one pls know how to cook the head الراس I have it since the 3id and I have no idea how to make it, I've been here for many years I eat just American food unless I'm in Moroccan restaurant (1 in moon ) so since I saw Ali's web I start cooking myself thanks

  • Aliah tbarkallah 3lik sister, I am following your cooking, great stuff and very clear explanations. keep going

  • I see some recipes that a whole chicken is used when its going to be shredded later, is this better then just buying breasts and then shredding them??

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  • Thank you Alia I really love ur food and I follow ur way of cooking step by step and it is very easy for anyone who wants or in a mood for our Moroccan food, as I mentioned before if u can pls provide more about Moroccan smoothies I meanعصير الفواكه with all the style as we have it back home forget about American style no ice added. Thanks

    God bless u

  • you can watch my vide "summer juices with a moroccan twist" - you're going to love it!

  • Yum this looks so good. My aunt makes the best pastilla! Thanks for this video, I'm going to try and surprise my parents by making this tomorrow.

  • hello, i am making a paper about the cultural recepts of morocco, is it okay that i can use your videos as source?

  • sure, no problem!

  • من شاااااااااان الله بدي اكلة السلو

  • you can find 'sellou' in my youtube channel. I have already posted the video. enjoy!

  • Where can I find that fillo or fildo thing actually i am in canada in bc thank you

  • You can find it in almost any big chain grocery store in the freezer section usually next to pie dough. It's called phyllo or pronounced "fee-low". I live in vancouver and I'm a chef.

  • I live in abbotsford are u moroccan

  • you can find them is superstore, saveonfood or safeway...in the frozen section....usually next to the frozen pie

  • I have been to Morocco and always admire this traditional dish , I will add it to my trial list , Thanks for sharing with us this experience

  • very nice!!!!!!!!!!

  • Thank you. I was always scared to try this b/c the traditional recipes are much more work. This was a simple, modern way of making it.

    Do you think you could teach us how to make the seafood version? I believe it has different fish, shrimp, and vermicelli? Thank you!

  • Hi, you can look for the seafood version in my youtube channel or website - I have already made the video.

    cheers :-)

  • Great! Thank you. I love your videos. You have all of my favorite Moroccan dishes and very easy instructions.

  • Just one question, I have made it last night, but cooked today, so the filo wasnt right, must I prepare it and in the same moment put it inside the oven?. Anyway, the rest was really good, everybody said it was fantastic.

  • the filo has probably soaked overnight in the chicken juices and would not be crispy anymore once cooked. What you could do is freeze instead of putting in the fridge then cook. Or you could cook the bastila right away and keep it in the fridge for the next day.

    cheers

  • First of all, thank's a lot for your quick answer. Last day I saw a friend of mine. she is from Melilla (near Morocco), and I explain her what happened, she told me maybe that's because the filo was too old, and here (in the Canary Islands) it'snt much used, so maybe that's why when I started using it the filo was too rigid. Anyway I think the second time should be much better.

    Thank's a lot for your recipes and keep on with it.

  • so gooood but i hate eating chicken with eggs, feels like im ruining the whole life cycle :(

  • love it ^.^

  • Is this cake a powerful Jedi cake?

  • mmmm ! I love it

  • omg i love bastilla tis the best.

  • Fish-Bastilla is the Best

  • People try it with the sugar. When I first had bastilla at a restaurant I thought it was strange to have sugar on something with meat and onions in it but to my suprise it married well with it and tasted excellent.

  • Omg shukran awi awi for this video!!! I got ur recipe online but i couldn't understand the FILO part very well so o went on YouTube to find a video and to my joy u have one!!! I have it playing on my iPhone as I go along and the chicken is cooking now...I hope it turns out well. My man is gonna be so pleased when he eats this tonight!!

  • bonne recettes faciles dans :

    baziora point blogspot point com

  • Good job lah i3tik saha

  • that what she's cooking looks soo yummi *w*

  • Hmmm, this looks so good.

  • It's quite fucking delicious

  • Can you make me some? : )

  • Thank you, nice one, inshalla i ll try to prepare, only we dont have orange blossom water, can it be replaced by anything else?

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  • wow... it looks delicious, Alia...

  • thanks akhti Alia

  • La la Alia tbarkellah 3leek ..Congratulations...The best Pastilla I'de never seen...it's my favourite one..I'm sure my sister gonna like it and try it too...BTW all your plates are just amazing ...Can you download Fish Pastilla cuz I love it...and Also braywat ..here the moroccan restaurants in sf bay area don't give real Moroccan food...which is sad...

  • with sugar it looks like cake......so i wud exclude sugar

  • you have to have the sugar that is what makes it moroccan

  • That's what makes it taste so good

  • yes u r rite......actually I have never tried b4....

  • @Shahzada1prince who cares what it looks like, it's about how it tastes

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  • Thanks Alia,

    I made it yesterday and it was a hit. The only thing was my Bastila was not authentic as I made a rectangular one...lol, I used the baking dish I had available. Again thanks a million you are very talented.

  • Hello Alia,

    Can I substitute the powdered sugar for the equivalent amount of Splenda?

  • Actually, you dont have to put the sugar if you dont want. it will still be delicious :-)

  • are u sure chicken and sugar mix?

  • yeah...it's a bit strange

  • you have to try it first ... :)

  • Have you never has any kind of chicken with a glaze on it, like orange chicken or the chicken wraps at P.F.Changs. The base for those are almost always sugar.

  • can you make harissa

  • you mean harirra? The soup?

  • harissa is the pepper and oil combo that is a condiment

  • Wow, i hade it once and it was fantastic, i'm from Portugal and it's strange that the Portuguese cuisine is so differend from the moroccan.

  • Hi Ms. Alia,

    would this dish be considered a main course, or a dessert in Morraco?

    Much Peace, Justine

  • i was very wary of trying bastilla a few months ago at a morroccan restaurant. the whole sugar and chicken thing made me question it. however, it was truly amazing. i loved it so much that i took this youtube recipe and tried to make it myself. i used the chinese spring roll pastry and worked out extremely well. however the first time, my egg mixture was a little too moist. im wondering what the consistency should be...dry? a little moist?

  • the egg mixture should be dry but not too much. cook it on medium heat a little longer until all the liquid is evaporated. and when you add the egg mixture is added to the bastila make sure to drain any liquid from it.

    hope this helps.

  • bastilla is a meal that we often eat at occasions...it's really delicious!!i love it^^

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  • It looks yummy but chicken & sugar is just not going into my head. What does it actually taste like??????

  • oh, it's delicious!!! I know it sounds very different from any other dish, but I guarantee you'll fall in love with it. chicken & sugar are a common combination (sweet & sour kind of dishes). but Bastilla does not taste like sugar, the almonds really complement the chicken.

  • yum yum yum

  • u dnt but ( semin) salty butter well i dnt fink u can get it in usa but there is sum cheese teasts nerly da same cheers

  • Wow!!!! Is this like Moroccan biryani? It's so complicated... I am sure it will tasty!! :d

    Thanks

  • thx for the lovely video

  • Hi Alia! Can you show us how to make "ouarqa"(or find someone who can)I find some recipies with pictures showes how to make ourqa but they are not really helpful.Thank you for these beautiful videos!!!

  • warka is tricky! the ingredients are basic (flour, salt, water), but it's very time consuming to make and successfully get it thin. I personally just buy phyllo dough or the chinese spring roll pastry.

    I will try to make it and see if it works out for me, if it does, I'll make a video. deal.

    cheers :-)

  • Than you for replying,Alia I understand your point.I`m from Turkey and we have similar pastries made with flour sheets.Somehow phyllo doughs doesnt give the same taste and textures to this dishes.I lived long time in an other city which had big population from Magreb I could find too many local ingrediens in markets(like rass al-hanout,harissa,malsouqa)but now I dont have same facilities anymore.I`m triying to do everything by myself! Cheers!

  • Hey Alia, I have a question.

    What do you use to measure out your spices and such? You seem to use a lot more in standard measurement than you say you are.

    When I measure out 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon for example it is barely anything compared to what it looks like in video.

    Just curious. I love all your videos!

  • I use the measuring cups / spoons that you can buy anywhere in the US. I dont know if you live in the US, but it's the spoons that have 1/8, 1/4, 1/2, 1 teaspoon, then 1/2 tablespoon, and 1 tablespoon.

    I do measure the spices before displaying them in my yellow plate. so if you are using the US spoon system, you're fine :-)

    maybe, it looks bigger in the video because I zoom in.

    hope this helps :-)

    cheers!

  • AH ok! Its prolly juyst the camera angles!

  • this was delicious and very easy to follow -- it tasted so authentic that my algerian husband was surprised his american wife could make a morrocan dish! thank you for your videos! keep up the great work!

  • oh me too, I ate it last weekend & I want more now hhhhhhh

  • lol!

  • Yum. I want some now!

  • ahhh, Im going to have to make this now. My girlfriend love bastilla. We never knew how to make it though.

  • how did the romantic dinner go? I bet your girlfriend was super impressed!

    cheers :-)

  • Haha, Im actually about to start making it right now. Just went out and bought all the ingredients a couple hours ago!

  • made it and it came out great! thanks again!

  • glad you enjoyed it :-)

  • Here's a dumb question: will it TOTALLY change the recipe if u leave the eggs out? I love moroccan food & I have always wanted to try this but I don't eggs. Would it still be fine w/o them or should I just bypass this altogether?

  • first, there are no dumb questions :-) and yes, you can alter the recipe to your taste. you can just omit the eggs filling. is it going to be the traditional bastila? no. is it going to still taste good? absolutely! chicken and almonds fillings alone will taste great!

    hope this helped :-)