How to pronounce Mazagran

Mazagran is written مزغران where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /mazaɣran/. In plain English letters that is mah-zah-GRAN, 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 Mazagran?

Mazagran is a drink of Algeria. Where it comes from: All Algeria. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are vegetables. It tastes sweet.

Where Mazagran comes from

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

• Kesra الكسرة · Bread & pastry · All Algeria

  Kesra is a traditional Algerian flatbread made from semolina, of wheat or sometimes barley, with oil or melted butter, salt and warm water, and depending on the region with yeast, nigella seeds or orange blossom water.

• Hmiss الحميص · Main dish · All Algeria

  Hmiss is a traditional Algerian salad of grilled peppers and tomatoes.

• Chtitha شطيطحة · Main dish · All Algeria

  Chtitha is a family of Algerian dishes of the tajine type, built on a red, spicy sauce of chickpeas and meat, most often chicken.

• Lham lahlou اللحم الحلو · Main dish · All Algeria

  Lham lahlou, "sweet meat", also called tajine lahlou, is an Algerian sweet dish of meat cooked with prunes.

• Baghrir البغرير · Bread & pastry · All Algeria

  Baghrir, also called ghrayef, mchahda or khringo, is a spongy pancake of the Maghreb made from a fermented batter of semolina or flour, yeast and salt.

• Chakhchoukha شخشوخة · Main dish · The Aurès (Batna)

  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.

Food of Algeria

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