🇩🇿 Algeria cuisine · #10

Karantika (Garantita)

Karantika (Garantita)
Time50 min
Serves8
Ingredients7

A chickpea-flour custard baked with cumin until set and sold on the street in bread with harissa — an Oran classic.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Whisk the chickpea flour with water, oil and salt and rest for 30 minutes.
  2. Pour into an oiled tray and brush the top with egg.
  3. Bake at 220°C for 30 minutes until set and browned.
  4. Serve hot with cumin and harissa in bread.
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