Lablabi or Lablebi ( ar, لبلابي) is a

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n dish based on

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s in a thin garlic and

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bread. The name comes from the Turkish word ''leblebi'', meaning grilled chick-peas. It is commonly eaten in inexpensive restaurants. Raw or soft-cooked

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is nearly always added to the hot soup mix (thus cooking), along with

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harissa Harissa ( ar, هريسة ''harīsa'', from Maghrebi Arabic) is a hot chili pepper paste, native to the Maghreb. The main ingredients are roasted red peppers, Baklouti peppers (), spices and herbs such as garlic paste, caraway seeds, coriander ...

, additional cumin,

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Baklouti pepper The Baklouti pepper ( ar, بقلوطي, baqlūṭī) is a cultivar of the chili pepper (''Capsicum annuum'') found in Tunisia. It is the main ingredient in harissa, a common sauce in Tunisian cuisine Tunisian cuisine, the cuisine of Tunisia, ...

and sometimes

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and

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or lemon or lime juice. Further garnishes may include cilantro (coriander), parsley and scallions. A traditional, but rarer, version, ''hergma'', is made with cow's trotters. In the Northern part of the country, the so-called

Bizerte Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the ca ...

lablebi is a sandwich consisting of the same ingredients in a white bread baguette. Lablabi was originally a breakfast dish eaten in winter, but it is now eaten at any time of the day and year round. Some places sell it in late summer nights and it's especially popular among young people hoping to avoid a hangover after a night out.

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Lablabi - Tunisian Chickpea Soup
Arab cuisine Tunisian cuisine Iraqi cuisine Turkish soups Legume dishes Chickpea dishes Vegetable dishes of Tunisia Middle Eastern cuisine {{turkey-stub

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