Tajine

Quick meaning: Tajine is a noun meaning (cooking, countable) An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid.

Meaning

(cooking, countable) An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) A stew, originally from Morocco, the ingredients of which are traditionally cooked slowly in such a pot; the dish is normally served with couscous.

Example Sentences

[T]he term couscous is applied to the cereal along with a great variety of accompanying tajins (stews) and desserts.

On a round table, food is served in a central platter or tagine or in shallow dishes so that it can be easily picked up with the fingers.

While they were finishing an excellent fish tagin—fish and tomato stew with rice cooked in a clay pot—he listened to her fantastic story.

Fresh broad beans are used when in season, the young beans added to tagines with the skin on; when more mature, the beans are blanched and skinned before cooking.

Word Forms

• tajines
• tajin

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tagine, tagin, tian, tandoor, tahchin, timbale.

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