Bigilla

{{short description|Maltese dish made with beans}}

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| name = Bigilla

| image = Maltese Platters.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Bowl of bigilla (to the right of the bread rolls)

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| country = Malta

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| course = Snack or hors d'oeuvre

| type = Dip or spread

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| main_ingredient = Tic beans

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Bigilla is a traditional Maltese dish, made of mashed beans, olive oil, salt and red pepper, and usually served as a dip.{{cite book |title=Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia |date=25 May 2011 |publisher=ABC CLIO |page=233 |isbn=9780313376276 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zG1H75z0EYYC&dq=Bigilla&pg=RA3-PA233}} Bigilla uses tic beans ({{langx|mt|ful ta' Ġirba}}, "Djerba beans"), which are similar to broad beans, but smaller and with a darker and harder skin.

Bigilla is served as a snack or an hors d'oeuvre, and is usually eaten as a spread.