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Bazin

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Bazin is an unleavened bread of Libyan cuisine made from barley or wheat flour boiled in water with salt and beaten into a dense dough with a wooden stick called a magraf, giving it a paste like, hardened texture. It is shaped into a dome and served with a meat and potato stew or tomato sauce, garnished with hard boiled eggs, and eaten by hand. Considered a national dish of Libya, it is also found in Tunisian cuisine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Bazin (Wikidata)
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Bazin (Arabic: البازين, pronounced [baːˈziːn]) alternatively recognized as Bazeen, , Bézine or Bazine is an unleavened bread in the cuisine of Libya prepared with barley, water and salt.
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