Local Dishes

1. Seksu

   Couscous (steamed wheat or barley semolina)

   Usage

   Dish name, for checking a menu or table or for ordering. The centre of the Kabyle table, served to guests, at family gatherings and at the Yennayer (new year) meal

2. Seksu n temẓin

   Barley couscous

   Usage

   Dish name, for checking a menu or table or for ordering. Couscous made from barley rather than wheat.

   Grammar Note

   It has fewer examples than plain "Seksu", so it needs native review.

3. Berkukes

   Berkoukes (large, coarse couscous)

   Usage

   Dish name, for checking a menu or table or for ordering.

4. Lmerqa

   Lmerqa (stew or soup with sauce)

   Usage

   Dish name, for checking a menu or table or for ordering. A stew or soup, a dish with plenty of liquid or sauce

   Grammar Note

   Some translations render it as "sauce", so it covers both soup and stew.

5. Taɣrift

   Taghrift (a crêpe-like flatbread)

   Usage

   Dish name, for checking a menu or table or for ordering. A thinly cooked dough.

6. Zzit n uzemmur

   Olive oil

   Usage

   Dish name, for checking a menu or table or for ordering. Used on bread and in cooking

7. Ibawen

   Broad beans (fava beans)

   Usage

   Dish name, for checking a menu or table or for ordering. Broad beans, for checking the name at a market or table

   Grammar Note

   It is normally used in the plural.

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