About this dish
Small hand-rolled pasta pearls, simmered in a light tomato and meat broth, an Algerian comfort food.
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Ingredients
🌾2 cups semolina
🥩300g lamb, cubed
🍅3 tomatoes, chopped
🥕2 carrots, sliced
Method
Serves 31
Roll semolina with a little water into tiny pearl-shaped pasta.2
Steam the pasta pearls until tender.3
Simmer lamb with tomato, carrot, and spices to make a broth.4
Combine the steamed pasta with the meat and broth.5
Serve hot as a hearty one-pot meal.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Tlitli is a traditional Algerian pasta dish, similar to berkoukes but made from smaller, hand-rolled semolina pearls.
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