Taguella

A flat taguella being cooked in the remains of a desert fire
An Algerian man of Kel Ahaggar heritage cooks Taguella in hot ashes

Taguella (tagǝlla) is a flatbread, the staple dish of Tuareg people living in the Sahara. It is a disk-shaped bread made from wheat flour and cooked buried underneath the hot sand and charcoal of a small fire. The bread is then broken up into small pieces and eaten with a meat sauce.


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