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Hrous

هروس

salted onion and dried-chili paste fermented for weeks, used like a stock

Tunisia Fermented & pickled Vegetarian One for the adventurous

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Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

A southern Tunisian household preserve from Gabes and Djerba: onions and peppers are salted, sun-dried and pounded, then matured in jars under oil.

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What is Hrous?

Hrous is a fermented & pickled from Tunisia: salted onion and dried-chili paste fermented for weeks, used like a stock. A southern Tunisian household preserve from Gabes and Djerba: onions and peppers are salted, sun-dried and pounded, then matured in jars under oil.

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onionchili

Cooked

fermentedpounded

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