Zviti / Zfiti / Slata Bou mehras / الزفيتي This dish is known in Bousaada and Msila. It is a spicy salad made in a <merhass>, a traditional Algerian mortar, but you can also use a traditional wooden one. ingredients: Dough Where: 400 grams semoule salt Water Sauce: 2 large tomatoes Half red pepper 1 green pepper 4 cloves of garlic jar tomato paste fresh coriander ½ teaspoon fennel seeds ½ tsp coriander seeds salt Melted butter First you create a flat dough. Add 400 grams semoule with a bit of salt and water. The dough should be kneaded until it's smooth. Then let it rest for 15 minutes and form a sort of thin, round loaf shape. Bake it on two sides. Then grill the tomatoes, pepper and paprika. Boil some water and add tomato puree to this. Remove the skins of the grilled vegetables and chop them. Then add the fennel seeds, coriander seeds, fresh coriander and salt in the mortar and pound. Add the vegetables and tomato puree with water. Cut the dough into pieces and add it to the mixture. When it is too dry, you can always add some tomato-water mixture. Then add butter and mix it well. Serve it on a large tray with some coriander leaves.
