Harissa is a hot chili pepper paste, native to the Maghreb. The main ingredients are roasted red peppers, Baklouti peppers, spices and herbs such as garlic paste, caraway seeds, coriander seeds, cumin and olive oil to carry the oil-soluble flavors. Rose harissa, made with rose petals, is also made.

Categories: Chili paste Sauce Spice mix
Characteristic of: African cuisine Algerian cuisine Arabic cuisine Libyan cuisine Mediterranean cuisine Mizrahi Jewish cuisine Sephardic Jewish cuisine Tunisian cuisine
Contains, including ancestors: Chili pepper
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Wikidata ID: Q966327
Wikipedia title: Harissa
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Wikipedia article: Harissa
Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eats; Lonely Planet Food, 2018
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