Chorba frik
Algeria · Middle East and North Africa
- Short description
- This tomato-based soup gets body from roasted green wheat and a deeply savory meat broth.
- Ingredients
- Frik wheat, lamb, tomatoes, chickpeas, onion, celery, cilantro, mint, paprika, and cinnamon.
- Cultural note
- It is associated with family tables and evening meals, especially when a nourishing soup starts the spread.
- Common misconception
- The grain is not ordinary bulgur; frik is green wheat that has been roasted and rubbed before cooking.
image credit
- creator:
- IssamBarhoumi
- source:
- Wikimedia Commons
- license:
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- modified:
- Cropped, resized, stripped, and re-encoded from Wikimedia Commons for Gochizu draft review.
audio credit
- voice:
- marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
- source:
- OpenAI API Text to Speech
- license:
- OpenAI API generated audio
- modified:
- AI-generated voice audio.