# Tikourbabine

Tikourbabine is a historic Amazigh dish from North Africa, featuring semolina dumplings simmered in a spiced broth with vegetables and chickpeas.

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 onion
- garlic
- tomato paste
- paprika
- cumin
- black pepper
- salt
- vegetable broth
- courgettes
- carrots
- semolina
- mint
- olive oil
- chickpeas

## Instructions

1. Finely chop one onion.
2. Sauté the chopped onion in a pot with olive oil.
3. Grate garlic into the pot with the sautéed onions.
4. Add tomato paste, paprika, cumin, black pepper, and salt to the pot.
5. Pour vegetable broth into the pot and stir.
6. Cut courgettes into wedges.
7. Cut carrots into large pieces.
8. Pour semolina into a bowl.
9. Add chopped onion and grated garlic to the semolina in the bowl.
10. Add tomato paste to the semolina mixture.
11. Strip mint leaves from their stems.
12. Finely chop the mint leaves.
13. Add chopped mint to the semolina mixture.
14. Add spices and salt to the semolina mixture.
15. Drizzle olive oil over the semolina mixture.
16. Pour some of the prepared broth into the semolina mixture.
17. Mix the semolina mixture thoroughly by hand until well combined.
18. Shape the semolina mixture into small oval-shaped dumplings.
19. Add the chopped courgettes and carrots to the pot with the simmering broth.
20. Add chickpeas to the pot.
21. Carefully place the semolina dumplings into the simmering broth with the vegetables and chickpeas.
22. Simmer until the dumplings absorb all the aromas and are cooked through.
23. Serve the tikourbabine by plating the dumplings and vegetables, then spooning over the flavorful broth.
24. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley and a drizzle of olive oil.

## Equipment

- knife
- chopping board
- pot
- grater
- bowl
- spoon
- ladle
- strainer

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19U6KrQ35d/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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- Extracted: 2025-07-26

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