Region
What Northern Africa cooks with
61 ingredients from the guide appear in the 46 catalogued dishes of Northern Africa, in Africa. The most typical come first: used here often, and less so elsewhere.
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Most typical of Northern Africa
A–Z
Every ingredient in Northern Africa’s dishes

Almond
4 dishes here

Anise seed
1 dish here

Beef
1 dish here

Bell pepper
2 dishes here

Black pepper
1 dish here

Bran
1 dish here

Bread
1 dish here

Broad bean
1 dish here

Cardamom
1 dish here

Carob
1 dish here

Cheese
3 dishes here

Chickpea
2 dishes here

Chili pepper
3 dishes here

Cinnamon
3 dishes here

Date
1 dish here

Dill
1 dish here

Dough
2 dishes here

Egg
6 dishes here

Eggplant
1 dish here

Fish
1 dish here

Flour
4 dishes here

Fried onion
1 dish here

Garlic
4 dishes here

Globe artichoke
1 dish here

Green bean
1 dish here

Honey
3 dishes here

Ketchup
1 dish here

Lamb meat
1 dish here

Leek
1 dish here

Lemon
1 dish here

Lentil
1 dish here

Macaroni
1 dish here

Matzah
1 dish here

Meatball
1 dish here

Milk
3 dishes here

Minced meat
3 dishes here

Olive oil
7 dishes here

Onion
5 dishes here

Paprika
1 dish here

Parsley
1 dish here

Pasta
5 dishes here

Pastry
1 dish here

Potato
3 dishes here

Powdered sugar
1 dish here

Puff pastry
2 dishes here

Raisin
2 dishes here

Ras el hanout
2 dishes here

Rice
1 dish here

Semolina
4 dishes here

Sheep meat
1 dish here

Spinach
1 dish here

Sugar
1 dish here

Sunflower seed
1 dish here

Table salt
2 dishes here

Tagliatelle
1 dish here

Thyme
2 dishes here

Tomato
1 dish here

Tomato sauce
2 dishes here

Vegetable oil
1 dish here

Vermicelli
1 dish here

Water
1 dish here
Photo credits for this page (61)
Ras el hanout: Sarefo · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Thyme: USDAgov · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Semolina: Sanjay ach · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pasta: David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Olive oil: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Puff pastry: Moonsun1981 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Almond: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bell pepper: Ssilvestori at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chickpea: AlixSaz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Minced meat: Rainer Zenz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Anise seed: David Monniaux · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Beef: F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bran: Alistair1978 · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Bread: Bake Across Europe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cardamom: Thamizhpparithi Maari · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Carob: Nevit Dilmen ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chili pepper: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cinnamon: formulatehealth · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Date: Salma kyari · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Dill: SA, The Green Ark Bostanie · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Egg: Flixtey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fish: Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Flour: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fried onion: Hartej.hundal · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garlic: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Globe artichoke: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Green bean: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ketchup: Nenad Stojkovic from Srbija · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lamb meat: Pujanak · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Leek: Jim Lukach · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lemon: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lentil: User:Justinc · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Macaroni: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Matzah: HaJunkiyada · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Meatball: Obsidian Soul · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Milk: Santeri Viinamäki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Paprika: Gnu-Bricoleur · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Parsley: Bi-frie ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pastry: Silar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Potato: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Powdered sugar: Ɱ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rice: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sheep meat: Tvabutzku1234 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Spinach: Scudsvlad · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sugar: Lauri Andler (Phantom) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sunflower seed: Kaldari · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Table salt: Dubravko Sorić SoraZG on Flickr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tagliatelle: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tomato sauce: Dennis Klein klein2 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vegetable oil: Netojinn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vermicelli: سونھن راڻي · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Water: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons