Seffa Explained

Seffa Arabic: السفة
Region:Maghreb
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Serving Size:100 g
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Seffa is a Maghrebi term[1] for a dish of sweetened semolina cuscus with butter, cinnamon, and almonds.[2] The dish may incorporate meat, and also alternatively be made with vermicelli or rice.[3] [4] This dish is generally consumed at the end of a meal, before dessert. It is often served at traditional marriage ceremonies and family gatherings.

Seffa can also be served with chicken or with raisins .[5]

According to Emily Gottreich, the version of seffa involving a mixture of butter with chicken, or other meat, is a "distinctively Moroccan dish" traditionally only found in Muslim homes owing to the Jewish dietary prohibition on the mixing of meat and dairy in a single meal.[6]

However, seffa in its simpler form, flavoured with just sugar and cinnamon, is prepared by Moroccan Jewish communities on thenight of the Mimouna. This dish is also known by the French: Couscous Sucré et Sec (sweet and dry couscous).[7]

There are also sweetened cuscus dishes besides seffa, such as mesfouf.

See also

References

  1. Book: Harlan Walker. Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery, 1989: Staplefoods : Proceedings. 1990. Oxford Symposium. 978-0-907325-44-4. 176.
  2. Book: Albala, Ken. Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia. 2011. ABC-CLIO. 978-0-313-37626-9. en.
  3. Web site: القيمة الغذائية ل "السفة" المغربية يعرفنا عليها نبيل العياشي في "صباحيات". 2M. ar. 2020-04-28.
  4. Web site: طريقة تحضير السفة المغربية. صبري. كتبه: صفاء. 2014-05-19. مشاهد 24. ar. 2020-04-28.
  5. Web site: Seffa, Mesfous Zbib : couscous sucré aux raisins secs - Dziriya.net. dziriya.net. fr-FR. 2017-09-05. 2017-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20170905232227/http://dziriya.net/seffa-mesfous-zbib-couscous-sucre-aux-raisins-secs/. dead.
  6. Book: Gottreich, Emily Benichou. Jewish Morocco: A History from Pre-Islamic to Postcolonial Times. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2020. 9781838603618.
  7. Web site: Mufleta, Zaban and Sushi: The Development of the Mimouna and its Foodways from Morocco to Montreal . Katherine Romanow. Concordia University . September 2013.

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