DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Algerian Jewish Tafina
Also known as: Tafina, Tafina aux Pois Chiches, Téfina, Téfina aux Épinards
Algerian Jewish slow-cooked beef, beans and potatoes with rice and wheat.
About Algerian Jewish Tafina
Tafina, also called dfina, is a slow-cooked dish in Algerian Jewish food tradition. MORIAL presents this Shabbat version with beef, white beans, potatoes, eggs and spinach, accompanied by rice and wheat.
Beef and beans give the broth a deep savoury character. Garlic, onion, bay leaf, cumin and red pepper supply the aromatic seasoning, with saffron named for the rice accompaniment.
Tender meat, potatoes and eggs are presented separately from the broth and beans. Rice and wheat share another dish, with the two grains kept distinct in the source’s serving description.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Algerian Jewish Tafina
MORIAL’s Algerian Jewish tafina with spinach, rice and wheat.
- Beef brisketProtein
- Beef footProteinIngredient page not linked
- Dried white beansBase
- PotatoesBase
- RiceAccompaniment
- Wheat grainsAccompaniment
- EggsProtein
- CuminSeasoning
- Red pepper powderSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- PepperSeasoning
- SpinachFilling
- GarlicAromatic
- Bay leafAromatic
- OnionAromatic
- OilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- SaffronSeasoning · Rice accompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Beef brisket: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Beef foot: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Candidate unavailable in saved registry.
- Dried white beans: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Broader white-bean link; dried form retained.
- Potatoes: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Rice: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Wheat grains: Wheat (gluten)
- Eggs: Egg
- Cumin: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Red pepper powder: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Source says poivre rouge; exact pepper variety unspecified.
- Salt: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Pepper: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Broader pepper candidate.
- Spinach: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Spinach selected from source’s spinach-or-chard alternative.
- Garlic: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Bay leaf: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Onion: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Oil: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified. Oil source unspecified.
- Water: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
- Saffron: No positive allergen conclusion recorded; absence is not verified
Recipe-specific unresolved details
- The source’s shopping list omits several ingredients that appear in the method; the full inventory here includes them.
- Oil identity and red-pepper variety remain unspecified; the source gives incomplete grain-cooking detail.
Origins & food traditions
Algerian Jewish Shabbat food tradition.
Countries
- Algeria
- AlgeriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Algerian Jewish Cuisine
- Algerian Jewish CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.