• Source: Mauritanian cuisine

The cuisine of Mauritania includes the culinary practices of Mauritania. Historically, what is now Mauritania has been influenced by Arab, Berbers and African peoples who have lived in and traversed the "stark" landscape marked with Sahara desert dunes in caravans. There is an overlap with Moroccan cuisine in the north and Senegalese cuisine in the south.
French colonial influence (Mauritania was a colony until 1960) has also played a role in influencing the cuisine of the relatively isolated land. Alcohol is prohibited in the Muslim faith and its sale is largely limited to hotels. Mint tea is widely consumed and poured from height to create foam. Traditionally, meals are eaten communally.




Dishes



Traditional Mauritanian dishes include:

Thieboudienne (cheb-u-jin), a coastal dish of fish and rice, is considered the national dish of Mauritania, served in a white and red sauce, usually made from tomatoes
Méchoui, whole roasted lamb
Samak mutabal (spiced fish)
'araz Bialkhadrawat (rice with vegetables)
Fish balls
Dried fish
Dried meat
Couscous
Goat stuffed with rice
Camel (unusual) (made from dromedaries)
Caravane cheese
Yassa poulet, chicken rotisserie with vegetables served over French fries or rice, originally a Senegalese dish from the Wolof and Pulaar tribes
Mahfe, goat or camel meat in a peanut, okra and tomato sauce, served over rice and can also be made without meat (for vegetarians)
Yassa fish
Hakko, a sauce made from leafy vegetables served with beans over couscous
Lakh, cheese curds or yoghurt with grated coconut served over sweet millet porridge
Marolaym, one-pot dish of lamb or goat meat with rice in an onion base
Bulgur wheat with dried fruit
Maru we-llham, meat with rice and vegetables
Mauritanian terrine
Camel chubbagin, a stew
Cherchem, Mauritanian lamb couscous
Chubbagin lélé et raabie, fish stew
Fish pastry
Mauritanian vermicelli
Harira, soup dish
Mauritanian pepper steak with coconut
Banaf, meat and vegetable stew
Leksour, Mauritanian pancakes with meat and vegetable sauce
Bonava, a lamb stew
Al-Aïch, chicken, beans and couscous




= Beverages

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Mint tea
Zrig, milk or water mixed with fermented milk
Baobab fruit drink (jus de bouye)
Roselle drink (bissap)
Sadza (cassava)




See also



Arab cuisine
Maghrebi cuisine
List of African cuisines
Moroccan cuisine
Senegalese cuisine




References






External links



Mauritanian cuisine Traveling East

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• Mauritanian cuisine
• Berber cuisine
• West African cuisine
• Couscous
• List of cuisines
• Thieboudienne
• Western Saharan cuisine
• African cuisine
• Peanut stew
• Broken rice