DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Berkoukes
Also known as: بركوكس
Algerian large-grain pasta with mutton, chickpeas, broad beans and vegetables.
About Berkoukes
Berkoukes has several Algerian regional versions. Sherazade's selected recipe follows her grandmother's mutton-and-vegetable preparation, with large pasta grains, chickpeas and broad beans in the cooking sauce.
Tomatoes, onion and garlic create the savoury base, seasoned with ras el hanout, cumin, salt and pepper. Celery and coriander add aroma, while the author offers harissa at the table for extra heat.
The large grains cook in the meat-and-vegetable sauce alongside potato, carrot, turnip and peas. The dish is served hot, with homemade bread as the source's chosen accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Celery, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Berkoukes
Sherazade's grandmother's Algerian mutton-and-vegetable berkoukes.
- MuttonProtein
- TomatoesBase
- OnionAromatic
- PotatoBase
- CarrotBase
- TurnipBase
- PeasBase
- Fresh broad beansBaseIngredient page not linked
- Celery stalkAromatic
- ChickpeasBase
- GarlicAromatic
- Fresh corianderAromatic
- Ras el hanoutSeasoning
- CuminSeasoning
- Tomato concentrateSeasoning
- PepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Berkoukes pasta (plombs)Base
- OilCooking medium
- HarissaFinish · Table finish · Optional
- Homemade khobz el koucha breadAccompaniment · Serving
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Mutton: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source narrative explicitly says viande de mouton; no lamb/chicken variant substituted.
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Potato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Carrot: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Turnip: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Peas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh broad beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh option selected rather than dried broad beans.; Ingredient page link pending verification or catalogue review
- Celery stalk: Celery. Broader celery candidate; stalk specified.
- Chickpeas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source does not establish dried/precooked form.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh bunch identity from source.
- Ras el hanout: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named spice blend; full formula unresolved.
- Cumin: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source does not specify whole or ground form.
- Tomato concentrate: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Full product formula unresolved.
- Pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source does not specify colour or form.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method water for tomato dilution, covering stew and rinsing pasta; unlabeled litres in list clarified by method.
- Berkoukes pasta (plombs): Wheat (gluten). Broader couscous candidate; source specifies large plombs pasta grains, not ordinary small couscous. Standard wheat-pasta identity supports Wheat.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only oil; botanical identity unspecified.
- Harissa (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Author adds a little at the table by preference; complete sauce formula unresolved.
- Homemade khobz el koucha bread: Wheat (gluten). Named bread example selected from serving options; broader bread candidate and complete subrecipe unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
Selected Algerian grandmother’s mutton-and-vegetable version; no single-region attribution inferred.
Cuisines & regions
- Algerian Cuisine
- Algerian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Chaoui CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Algerian Andalusian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.