tajine
Sign in to savethumb|A Portuguese-made tagine pot A tagine or tajine, also tajin or tagin () is a Maghrebi dish, and the earthenware pot in which it is cooked. It is also called or .
Key facts
- Food.name
- Tajine
- Food.image
- File:Tajine-marocain-un-plat-varie-et-sain (cropped).jpg
- Food.alternate_name
- Tagine
- Food.region
- Maghreb
- Food.type
- Stew or casserole
- Food.name_lang
- ar
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- Etymology
- Origin
- Pottery and cooking technique
- Algerian and Moroccan tagine
- Tunisian and Libyan tagine
- Maghrebi Jewish tagine
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- Works cited
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thumb|A Portuguese-made tagine pot A tagine or tajine, also tajin or tagin () is a Maghrebi dish, and the earthenware pot in which it is cooked. It is also called or .
== Etymology == The Arabic () is derived from Ancient Greek () 'frying-pan, saucepan'. According to some sources, the word originates from the Persian rice dish tahchin.