Kefta magawara is kefta tajine served with tomato and what?

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Kefta magawara is kefta tajine served with tomato and eggs.

The dish consists of seasoned minced-meat balls, usually made from beef or lamb, simmered in a spiced tomato sauce. Eggs are cracked into the sauce near the end of cooking, where they gently poach while the meatballs finish. The name also appears in variant spellings such as kefta mkaouara or mkawra.

Kefta means minced or ground meat, while tajine refers both to the conical cooking vessel and to the slow-cooked dish prepared in it. Moroccan kefta tajine is commonly flavored with cumin, paprika, coriander, parsley, garlic and onion, though family recipes vary.

A common mix-up is confusing it with other Moroccan tajines that feature olives, potatoes, chickpeas or preserved lemon. Those ingredients belong to different preparations; the defining addition in this tomato-based kefta version is eggs, often served with bread for scooping up the sauce.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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