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Saharan chakhchoukha (chakhchoukha essayar)

Arabic name الشخشوخة الصحراوية (شخشوخة السيار)

Saharan chakhchoukha (chakhchoukha essayar)

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Ingredients (5)

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Method

  1. Make a rich red sauce with the meat, onion and spices, simmered slowly over gentle embers in the Saharan tradition (essayar).

  2. Tear the rougag sheets into pieces and moisten them with the sauce.

  3. Arrange them in a large communal dish and cover with the sauce and meat.

  4. Serve hot; it is traditionally eaten together from a single dish.