# The best dishes of Algerian cuisine

Couscous, chorba, rechta and chakhchoukha: the dishes and sweets of Algerian cuisine.

- 139 votes · 16 items
- Apr 22, 2021 · Geneviève Gagnon
- https://even.best/en/l/2850/the-best-dishes-of-algerian-cuisine

## Top 16

1. **Chorba** (15 · ▲15 ▼0) — Ramadan soup with meat and vegetables.
2. **Couscous** (12 · ▲12 ▼0) — The national semolina dish.
3. **Tlitli** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Rice-shaped pasta in red sauce.
4. **Rechta** (8 · ▲11 ▼3) — Thin noodles with chicken, an Algiers speciality.
5. **Chakhchoukha** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Shredded flatbread in sauce, from the Aurès.
6. **Harira** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — Thick legume soup.
7. **Berkoukes** (5 · ▲7 ▼2) — Large couscous grains in sauce.
8. **Kesra** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Semolina flatbread.
9. **Qalb el louz** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Almond semolina cake in syrup.
10. **Trida** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Square pasta in sauce.
11. **Bourek** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Meat-filled pastry.
12. **Merguez** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — Spicy sausage.
13. **Mesfouf** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Sweet couscous.
14. **Baklava** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Honey and almond pastry.
15. **Tajine** (2 · ▲6 ▼4) — Slow-cooked stew.
16. **Mhajeb** (0 · ▲4 ▼4) — Flaky stuffed flatbread with tomato and onion.

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