Description
by Zeyneb Rejeb and Fatima Khlifi
Slata Mfawra
Literally ”steamed salad“, this is a kind of Mediterranean potato salad, a mix of cubes of steamed potatoes, carrots, green beans and peas, drizzled with olive oil and garnished with hard boiled eggs, olives, and parsley.
Tunisian Couscous (halal beef -or- vegetarian)
This Tunisian recipe features the couscous served with large chunks of zucchini, carrot, potato and onion simmered with chickpeas in a broth infused with caraway, pepper and the complex heat of homade harissa, made from smoked, sun-dried chiles. Served with or without cubes slow-cooked halal beef, which has been braised separately.
Makroud
A delicious, buttery date-filled semolina cookie cut into a characteristic diamond shape from which the name derives. The baked cookies are dipped in the a honey syrup scented with orange blossom water.
