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tabil

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Cultural layer

Origin

Tunisia; a spice mixture Davidson calls specific to Tunisia, usually coriander, fresh or as seed, with caraway seed, garlic and red peppers both sweet and fiery

Routes

Ground dry or pounded to a paste; its caraway also seasons harissa, the North African chilli paste

Context

Tabil is a Tunisian seasoning that can be either dry or wet: the same coriander, caraway, garlic and red peppers are ground to a powder or pounded to a paste. Its peppers come both sweet and fiery, so one mixture sets the heat of a dish as well as its fragrance. This means that tabil is defined by what goes into it rather than by one form.

Behind this layer

The Oxford Companion to Food (Alan Davidson, 1999)

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