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Taguella

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Taguella, also spelled tagella, is a disk shaped flatbread that is the staple food of the Tuareg people of the Sahara, made from wheat flour and cooked buried beneath the hot sand and charcoal of a small fire. Once cooked, the bread is broken into small pieces and eaten with a meat sauce.

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Sahara 1
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Source Taguella (Wikipedia)

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1. Taguella (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph
    Taguella (tagǝlla) is a flatbread, the staple dish of Tuareg people living in the Sahara.
  • In Cuisine: Tunisian Cuisine, Wikipedia category list
  • Expresses Tradition: Bread Baking, Wikipedia category: Category:Algerian breads
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Wikidata: Taguella
Wikidata Q1417997, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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