How to pronounce Dobara

Dobara is written الدوبارة where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /dubara/. In plain English letters that is doo-BAH-rah, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Dobara?

Dobara is a soup or stew of Algeria. Where it comes from: Biskra. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are beans & tofu. It tastes spicy.

Where Dobara comes from

Dobara is one of 29 signature dishes of Algeria on this map.

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  Chakhchoukha is a dish of thin flatbread, rougag, torn into small pieces and soaked in a stew of lamb, chickpeas, tomato, onion and spices such as cumin and paprika.

• Garantita كرانتيكا · Street food · Oran

  Garantita, also called calentica, is a thin, soft baked custard of chickpea flour, water, oil and eggs, cut into squares and sold hot from large trays.

• Rechta رشتة · Noodles & pasta · Algiers

  Rechta is a dish of very thin homemade noodles, steamed rather than boiled, served with a white sauce of chicken, chickpeas, turnips and courgettes, flavoured with cinnamon.

• Tajine zitoun طاجين الزيتون · Main dish · Algiers

  Tajine zitoun, "olive tajine", is a traditional Algerian stew from the city of Algiers.

• Mtewem المثوم · Main dish · Algiers

  Mtewem, or tajine mtewem, is a traditional Algerian dish, and more precisely a dish of Algiers.

• Sfiria السفيرية · Main dish · Algiers

  Sfiria is a traditional Algerian dish that the Arabic and French sources both say comes from the city of Algiers.

Food of Algeria

Dishes like Dobara in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Dobara:

• Lablabi لبلابي · Soup & stew · Tunis, Tunisia

  Lablabi is a chickpea soup with garlic, cumin and harissa, poured over pieces of stale bread at the bottom of a bowl.

• Budae-jjigae 부대찌개 · Soup & stew · Gyeonggi, South Korea

  Budae-jjigae means "army base stew": a spicy Korean stew made with ham, sausage, Spam, baked beans, kimchi, instant noodles, rice cakes, gochujang and often a slice of American cheese, cooked in a big pot shared at the table.

• Bissara البيصارة · Soup & stew · Rif, Morocco

  Bissara is a thick soup or purée of dried split fava beans or split peas, cooked slowly with garlic, herbs and spices and then blended until creamy; it is served with a drizzle of olive oil, cumin, paprika and bread.

• Yuvalama · Soup & stew · Gaziantep, Türkiye

  Yuvalama is a yoghurt soup from Gaziantep with tiny balls of rice flour and minced meat, cooked with chickpeas and lamb, and finished with butter and dried mint.