How to pronounce Mouna

Mouna is written لامونا where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /muna/. In plain English letters that is MOO-nah, 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 Mouna?

Mouna is a bread or pastry of Algeria. Where it comes from: Oran. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes sweet.

Where Mouna comes from

Mouna is one of 29 signature dishes of Algeria on this map. See all dishes from Oran.

• 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.

• Créponné كريبوني · Dessert · Oran

  Créponné, from the French crépon, "wavy", is a lemon sorbet from the city of Oran in western Algeria, a speciality of both Algerian and pied-noir cooking.

• 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.

• 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.

Food of Algeria

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• Cougnou · Bread & pastry · Wallonia, Belgium

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