Wikipedia's first sentence called it “cooked dish of tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper”. Today it says “north african condiment or cooked salad consisting of cooked tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with ga”.
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Matbucha ( maṭbūkhah ) is a cooked dish of tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper .1The name of the dish originates from Arabic and means "cooked [salad]".2It is served as an appetizer , often as part of a meze .3In Israel it is sometimes referred to as "Turkish salad" ( salat turki ).4Matbucha is popular across the Maghreb .5It was brought to Israel by new immigrants from Morocco , Tunisia , Algeria , and Libya . It is not clear how old this dish is, since tomatoes were introduced to the east only close to the year 1800, and to Europe only after South America was discovered (circa 1492).6
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Matbucha Matbucha ( ) is a cooked dish of tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper. The name of the dish originates from Arabic and means "cooked salad". It is also known as Turkish Salad. It is served as an appetizer, often as part of a meze . In Israel it is sometimes referred to as "Turkish salad." Matbucha is popular across the Maghreb . It was brought to Israel by new immigrants from Morocco , Tunisia , Algeria , and Libya .
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Matbukha ( maṭbūkhah ) is a Maghrebi dish of cooked tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper . The name of the dish originates from Arabic and means "cooked" in Arabic. It is served as an appetizer , often as part of a meze table. Matbukha is popular across the Maghreb and in Israel , to where it was brought by Jewish immigrants from Morocco , Tunisia , Algeria , and Libya .It may be used as a base for an assortment of dishes including tagine , kofta and shakshouka .
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Cooked tomato salad Matbucha ( ; , maṭbūkhah ) is a Moroccan Sephardi Jewish cuisine condiment or cooked salad consisting of cooked tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper , and slow-cooked for a number of hours.It is traditionally served on Shabbat with challah or "home bread" (a traditional Moroccan bread just for serving with matbucha), and is a condiment typically served as part of an appetizer , often as part of a salatim, or salad course. It may be used as a base for shakshuka .
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Cooked tomato salad Matbucha ( Arabic : مطبوخة , maṭbūkhah ; French : salade cuite ) is a North African condiment or cooked salad consisting of cooked tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper , and slow-cooked for a number of hours.It is traditionally served in North Africa with a traditional Moroccan bread and as a condiment typically served as part of an appetizer , often as part of a salad course.Matbucha has been brought to Israel by Moroccan Jews and is now a staple in the country, it may be enjoyed as a dip or used as a base for shakshouka .
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cooked dish of tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with garlic and chili pepper
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north african condiment or cooked salad consisting of cooked tomatoes and roasted bell peppers seasoned with ga
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