What is this?

Palachakh, I have no idea, but it looks like corn flour ?

Libyan friend tells me its made from barley. It's called "Loes" or something similar. It doesn't normally need cooking and is mixed with olive oil and other ingredients to make soup/sauce and other dishes. I tasted one such sauce which was quite sweet tasting.

Thanks, Sandman!

Now that I'm sure it's for humans I'll try it.

we call it bsasa old Libyan tradition food its made from barley,wheat,Fenugreek,hims,Soybean,coriander seeds,Bay leaves,Rosemary,sweet Cumin and Turmeric all these seeds cooked on dry  to make dish mixed with olive oil to make it paste and add all kind of nuts and dates Fruit all these ingredients healthy to body  enjoy this delicious meal some people void this meal because odor of Fenugreek

Osama,

thanks a lot! I have not tried it yet, but sounds interesting, I definitely will.

Why is there an animal on the pack?

the name and logo of company is  ariel
this  means kind of libyan gazalle  known as agility and slender
gazalle =deers

Here's a link to a site that describes bsisa in detail and has pictures.  It also has details about other Libyan dishes like bazin.

http://www.temehu.com/Libyan-food.htm

thanks, laurieloo82!

Now I know what these various-sized steam-cookers are meant for.

Hello Palachakh, It called Basisa, just take some from it and mixed it with olive oil..... its great

hi
regarding the first picture its not bsisa it says sahlab on it ... this is a hot drink its very healthy and full of calcuim they says its good for the bones... mix 1 tablespoon of sahlab with one cup of cold water add sugar as you like and let it boil while stiring continously ...when ready top it off with some cinamon and cruched nuts for an extra taste

hope you like it