How to pronounce Rigouta

Rigouta is written ريقوتة where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /riɡuːta/. In plain English letters that is ree-GOO-tah, 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 Rigouta?

Rigouta is a snack of Tunisia. Where it comes from: Béja. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are dairy & cheese. It tastes fresh.

Where Rigouta comes from

Rigouta is one of 25 signature dishes of Tunisia on this map.

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  Brik is a triangle or half-moon of very thin malsouka pastry, folded around a filling and fried quickly until crisp.

• Lablabi لبلابي · Soup & stew · Tunis

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

• Shakshouka شكشوكة · Main dish · Sahel

  Shakshouka is eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, peppers, onion and garlic, spiced with cumin and harissa, cooked and served in the same pan.

• Bambalouni بمبالوني · Street food · Tunis (Sidi Bou Said)

  Bambalouni, also bambaloni, is a sweet Tunisian doughnut.

• Makroudh المقروض · Dessert · Kairouan

  Makroudh, also makrout, is a semolina pastry filled with date paste and shaped into diamonds, which is where its name comes from.

• Kaak warka كعك الورقة · Dessert · Zaghouan

  Kaak warka is a Tunisian pastry and a speciality of the city of Zaghouan in the north-east of the country.

Food of Tunisia

Dishes like Rigouta in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Rigouta:

• Areesh cheese جبنة قريش · Snack · Egypt

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• Otlu peynir · Snack · Van, Türkiye

  Otlu peynir is a white cheese from Van and eastern Anatolia, made from sheep's milk with wild herbs mixed into the curd, such as sirmo (wild garlic), mint and other mountain herbs.

• Brocciu · Snack · Corsica, France

  Brocciu is a fresh cheese made from whey, the liquid left after making other cheeses, with the milk of Corsican sheep or goats added.

• Mozzarella di bufala · Snack · Caserta and Battipaglia, Italy

  Mozzarella di bufala campana is a fresh cheese made from the milk of water buffalo, raised in the plains of Caserta and around Battipaglia and Paestum, south of Salerno.