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Tunisia

North Africa’s spiciest table: harissa-fired couscous, tuna-egg street snacks and grilled salads shaped by Mediterranean and Berber traditions. That is the short version of what Tunisia cooks. Look for Couscous (steamed semolina often crowned with fish, in harissa-red spicy broth), Brik (shatteringly crisp malsouka pastry around runny egg, tuna, capers and parsley) and Harissa (fiery sun-dried chili and garlic paste seasoning nearly every Tunisian dish). Tunisia joined Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania in the 2020 UNESCO listing of couscous knowledge; Tunisian versions are reddened with harissa and often built on fish. This atlas has 44 Tunisia dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

44 dishes.

TabounaTabounachewy flatbread slapped onto the walls of a terracotta ovenTastiraTastirafried green peppers, tomato and garlic scrambled with eggTestouriTestourifirm salty sheep's-milk cheese, sliced and grilled or eaten with olivesThibarineThibarineAmber date and herb liqueur drunk as a digestifTorshiTorshisalt-brined turnips, carrots, limes and peppers, stained pink with beetrootTunisian saladTunisian saladdiced cucumber, tomato, onion and apple with tuna and mintYo-yoYo-yoorange-scented doughnut rings fried and soaked in honey syrupZrirZrirSesame, honey and nut paste eaten by the spoonful from a glass

  • Samsa

    Layered pastry squares of almond and sesame steeped in rose syrup. Ready in 50 min prep and 30 min cooking.…

  • Assidat zgougou

    Aleppo-pine cream pudding layered with custard and nuts for Mouled. Ready in 40 min prep and 45 min cooking. 8…

  • Bambalouni

    Airy fried doughnut ring showered with sugar; Sidi Bou Said treat. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking.…

  • Bouza

    Thick sorghum or hazelnut cream pudding topped with crushed nuts. Ready in 10 min prep and 40 min cooking. 6…

  • Bsissa

    Roasted barley and chickpea flour with fennel and coriander, mixed with oil. Ready in 20 min prep and 40 min…

  • Chamia

    Crumbly sesame halva pressed into blocks and sliced onto bread. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. About…

  • Chorba

    Peppery Ramadan soup of frik wheat or pasta with lamb and coriander. Ready in 25 min prep and 1 hr…

  • Debla

    Ribbons of dough fried into rose shapes, dipped in honey and sesame. Ready in 45 min prep and 45 min…

  • Droo

    Warm sorghum porridge with milk, sugar and chopped nuts. Ready in 10 minutes prep and 40 minutes cooking. Serves 6.…

  • Fricassé

    Small fried bun stuffed with tuna, harissa, olives, egg and potato. Ready in 40 min prep and 20 min cooking.…