Libya

🇱🇾Libya

Abamber

A chewy almond biscuit of Italian descent made from ground almonds, sugar and egg white, cracked on top.

🇩🇿Algeria

Algerian Merguez

مرقاز

Merguez is a red, paprika-and-garlic lamb sausage with long-established Algerian, Tunisian, Moroccan, and Libyan forms.

🇱🇧Lebanon

Amar el Din

قمر الدين

A thick apricot drink made from dried apricot paste dissolved in water, served cold during Ramadan across Lebanon and the Levant.

🇱🇾Libya

Amsyar

Carrot, turnip and cauliflower cut small and quick-pickled in vinegar, salt and chilli for a day or two.

🇱🇾Libya

Aslooz

A Libyan dish of roasted or grilled vegetables, typically eggplant and peppers, dressed with oil and spices.

🇱🇾Libya

Bakalawa Bil Jibna

A Libyan cheese-filled baklava of crisp phyllo layers and sweet cheese, soaked in syrup.

🇪🇬Egypt

Bamia

بامية

A Egyptian okra stew with beef or lamb in tomato and garlic sauce, a daily and home classic

🇪🇬Egypt

Basbousa

بسبوسة

A Egyptian semolina cake soaked in sugar syrup, topped with almonds or coconut, a daily and sweet shop classic

🇱🇾Libya

Basbousa Bil Tamr

A Libyan semolina cake sweetened with date syrup (tamr) instead of sugar, moist and sticky.

🇱🇾Libya

Bazin

Barley flour worked into boiling water with a stick until it forms a stiff dome, set in the middle of a shared dish of lamb, tomato sauce, potato and boiled eggs.

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

Bezar Spice Mix

بهارات البزار

Traditional Emirati spice blend with cinnamon, cumin, coriander, fennel, cardamom, and other spices, essential for machboos and other dishes, aromatic blend with balanced flavors and fresh spices, essential.

🇱🇾Libya

Broudou

A light vegetable and chicken soup with barley, chickpeas or freekeh and plenty of coriander.

🇱🇾Libya

Bsisa

Toasted barley and chickpea flour ground with fenugreek and spices, worked into a paste with olive oil and date syrup or drunk stirred into water.

🇱🇾Libya

Bureek

Thin pastry folded around tuna, egg, parsley and cheese and deep fried into a crisp triangle, eaten with lemon.

🇱🇾Libya

Bureek Tajin

A Libyan baked pie of thin pastry layered with a spiced meat or cheese filling.

🇩🇿Algeria

Couscous

كسكس

Steamed semolina granules served with vegetables, pulses, meat, or fish; couscous has distinct preparations across North Africa.

🇱🇾Libya

Couscous Bil Bosla

Libyan couscous steamed with onions (bosla), tomatoes, and spices, served with a rich meat or vegetable sauce.

🇱🇾Libya

Couscous Bil Hoot

Libyan fish couscous: couscous steamed and served with a tomato and pepper sauce over whole fish.

🇱🇾Libya

Diblah

A Libyan dessert of fried pastry strips or coils drenched in date or honey syrup.

🇱🇾Libya

Drua

Millet flour whisked into hot sweetened milk with spices into a thick white drink-pudding, drunk from a glass in winter.

🇪🇬Egypt

Eish Fino

A soft Libyan Italian-style bread roll split for tuna, egg, harissa, or other street-sandwich fillings.

🇱🇾Libya

Ejja

A thick set omelette of egg with potato, tomato, chilli and a great deal of parsley and coriander, cut in wedges.

🇱🇾Libya

Fettat

Torn dry bread soaked in meat broth and layered with pieces of lamb and vegetables until the bread swells.

🇱🇾Misrata, Libya

Ftat Misrati

A Misrata layered flatbread dish built from torn bread and a rich spiced meat or tomato sauce.

🇸🇩Sudan

Ful Medames

فول مدمس

Dried fava beans simmered soft and crushed at the table with lemon, garlic, cumin and olive oil, eaten with raw onion and bread.

🇱🇾Libya

Gideed

Lamb or camel salted, spiced and dried in the sun after Eid, then stored under olive oil and used a little at a time in stews.

🇱🇾Libya

Glaya

Liver cut small and fried hard with onion, green pepper, garlic and chilli in a shallow pan, served straight from it.

🇱🇾Libya

Haraime

Fish steaks stewed in a fierce red sauce of tomato, garlic, caraway and dried chilli until the sauce reduces around them.

🇲🇦Morocco

Harissa

هريسة

A red chilli paste seasoned with garlic, cumin, and oil, used to sharpen Moroccan soups, tagines, and sandwiches.

🇱🇾Libya

Hasa Adas

A Libyan lentil soup, thick and warmly spiced with cumin and coriander.

🇱🇾Libya

Imbakbaka

Short pasta cooked directly in a spiced tomato and lamb sauce so the starch thickens the pot, heavy with bzar and dried chilli.

🇱🇾Libya

Kaak Malih

A savoury Libyan ring bread baked with sesame and served with cheese, eggs, or tea.

🇸🇩Sudan

Karkade (Hibiscus Tea)

كركديه

Egypt's beloved hibiscus tea, served hot or cold with sugar, a national and hospitality icon

🇱🇾Libya

Kayka Harra

A savoury batter baked over fried potato, tomato, harissa, olives and cheese into a spiced slab, cut in squares.

🇱🇾Libya

Khbeiza

Small stuffed breads baked with cheese, olives, tuna or harissa worked into the middle.

🇱🇾Libya

Khobza Mahwara

A semolina loaf brushed with saffron water and covered in sesame seeds, baked for celebrations.