From Hssoua to rice porridge : The ancient roots of Morocco’s favorite winter dishes

Morocco’s age-old winter tradition of serving warm, comforting dishes like hssoua and rice with milk continues to reflect recipes found in 13th-century Moroccan and Andalusian cookbooks. These medieval texts reveal that dishes still common today, made from simple ingredients such as flour, bread crumbs, milk, and honey, were already staples of Almohad cuisine centuries ago.