# The best dishes of Tunisian cuisine

Couscous, brik, lablabi and ojja: the dishes, sweets and drinks of Tunisian cuisine.

- 50 votes · 18 items
- Jul 28, 2021 · Geneviève Gagnon
- https://even.best/en/l/2849/the-best-dishes-of-tunisian-cuisine

## Top 18

1. **Shakshuka** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Peppers and tomatoes stewed with eggs.
2. **Lablabi** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Chickpea soup with bread and cumin.
3. **Mesfouf** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sweet couscous with dried fruit.
4. **Merguez** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Spicy lamb sausage.
5. **Bsissa** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Roasted grain flour with oil and sugar.
6. **Zrir** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sesame and nut paste.
7. **Bouza** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Sorghum pudding.
8. **Couscous** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Semolina with fish, lamb or vegetables.
9. **Brik** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Crispy pastry with egg and tuna.
10. **Tunisian tajine** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Baked egg, meat and cheese gratin.
11. **Harissa** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Chilli paste, Tunisia's emblem.
12. **Bambalouni** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sweet doughnut from Sidi Bou Said.
13. **Ojja** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce.
14. **Baklava** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Almond and honey pastry.
15. **Kaak** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ring biscuits.
16. **Marqa** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Spiced stew.
17. **Assida** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Pudding of flour or Aleppo pine seeds, for Mawlid.
18. **Fricassé** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Fried roll filled with tuna.

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