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Unlike other North African cuisines, Tunisian food is quite spicy. A popular condiment and ingredient which is used extensively in Tunisian cooking, harissa, is a mix of ground chili peppers, garlic, and caraway [5] or spices commonly sold together as a paste. It is usually the most important ingredient in different sauces and gravies.
In Maghrebi cuisine, the most common staple foods are wheat (for khobz bread [7] and couscous [8]), [9] fish, seafood, goat, [10] lamb, [10] beef, [10] dates, almonds, olives and various vegetables and fruits. Because the region is predominantly Muslim, halal meats are usually eaten. Most dishes are spiced. [11]
Lablabi or lablebi (لبلابي) is a traditional Tunisian dish based on chickpeas in a thin garlic- and cumin-flavored broth, served over small pieces of stale crusty bread. [1] It is a staple comfort food in Tunisia and is also found in variations in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East.
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Couscous is a staple food throughout the Maghrebi cuisines of Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Morocco, and Libya. [11] [12]: 250 It was integrated into French and European cuisine at the beginning of the twentieth century, [13] through the French colonial empire and the Pieds-Noirs of Algeria. [14] [15] [16]
Mechouia salad (Tunisian Arabic: سلاطة مشوية, romanized: slata meshwiya, "grilled salad") is a Tunisian salad.A very popular first course dish from Tunisia, a country in North Africa that appreciates spiciness, it is especially consumed in the summer, and is a grilled vegetable, tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic salad, that may also contain eggplant.