# Mhajeb

These spicy soft flatbreads are one of Algeria's best kept secrets.

- Cuisine: Moroccan
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- onions
- garlic
- tomato paste
- harissa
- Ras el hanout
- freshly ground pepper
- crushed tomatoes
- salt
- semolina flour
- plain flour
- oil
- water

## Instructions

1. Fry the chopped onions in oil.
2. Add garlic, tomato paste, harissa, Ras el hanout, and freshly ground pepper to the pan.
3. Add crushed tomatoes and salt to the pan.
4. Cook until the mixture has thickened.
5. Mix together semolina flour, plain flour, salt, oil and water in a bowl.
6. Knead the dough well.
7. Shape the dough into smaller pieces.
8. Grease the dough pieces and let them rest.
9. Stretch the dough super thin.
10. Fold the stretched dough.
11. Add the filling to the folded dough.
12. Fold the dough into a square.
13. Bake the flatbreads until they look golden.

## Equipment

- pan
- bowl

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/riMb88iiojA?si=49C43b0-X0FOOlm1
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/59ceb2ba-2833-4ace-b2d2-7d33a4aa3380
- Extracted: 2026-01-03

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