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🇩🇿 Traditional dishes from Algeria

3 dishes people actually cook in Algeria: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

What can you cook from Algeria? 3 traditional Algeria dishes, from Makroud (165 min, the quickest) to Chorba frik (815 min, the longest). Each recipe is written step by step with full ingredient lists, free to read.

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Chorba frik

13 hours and 35 minutes · easy · 12 ingredients

Chorba frik, a traditional dish from Algeria

Green wheat harvested unripe and fire-roasted swells in a tomato-reddened lamb broth, giving the soup its smoky grain backbone.

  • 100 g frik (roasted green cracked wheat)
  • 400 g lamb shoulder
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 150 g chickpeas
  • 1 bunch celery leaves
  • 1 bunch fresh coriander
  • 1 tbsp fresh mint
  • 0.5 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tbsp smen (clarified butter)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp black pepper

Makroud

2 hours and 45 minutes · medium · 9 ingredients

Makroud, a traditional dish from Algeria

Coarse semolina rubbed with fat until every grain is coated, rolled around a date log and drowned in warm honey the moment it leaves the oil.

  • 500 g coarse semolina
  • 300 g date paste
  • 150 g smen or melted butter
  • 4 tbsp orange blossom water
  • 400 g honey
  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 150 ml warm water
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1000 ml frying oil

Rechta

13 hours and 30 minutes · medium · 12 ingredients

Rechta, a traditional dish from Algeria

Thread-fine fresh noodles steamed three times over the pot, then served whole under a cinnamon-scented white sauce with chicken, turnip and courgette.

  • 500 g fresh rechta noodles
  • 1000 g chicken
  • 2 turnip
  • 2 courgette
  • 150 g chickpeas
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tbsp smen or butter
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1500 ml water

What do people eat in Algeria?

Copper documents three dishes from Algeria: Chorba frik, Makroud and Rechta. Smen and chickpeas each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 25 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Algeria?

The three recipes need 25 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Smen and chickpeas the hardest to find: of the 586 dishes in Copper's atlas, 3 use smen and 11 use chickpeas. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Algeria take?

Makroud is the quickest at 165 minutes. Chorba frik is the longest at 815 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 810 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Algeria is easiest to make at home?

Chorba frik is rated easy — start there. The full method is on its recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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