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Madbucha (North African Peppers and Tomatoes)

Name: Madbucha (North African Peppers and Tomatoes)
Yield: 7 servings
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: Oil; 2 onions, chopped; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 15 tomatoes, cubed; 10 bell peppers, cut into small pieces; 5 chile peppers, chopped small; 330 ml canned tomato paste; Salt; Pepper; Cumin; Parsley; Oregano

Madbucha or matbucha is a North African dish of stewed tomatoes and peppers. It can be used as a side dish with meats, as well as put on bread or white rice. There's more than one way to make it, and the following recipe is a family recipe.

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161kcal · 8% of your day

Protein: 7 g · 6% of 120 g
Carbs: 34 g · 16% of 220 g
Fat: 1 g · 2% of 65 g

10 g
Fibre: 22 g
Sugar: 51 mg
Sodium: 525 g
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Calculated from all 6 ingredients by weight.

Serving size estimated by Ma Kitchen. The source gives no serving count, so the recipe is split into 7 servings of about 525 g, the usual size for a main dish. If your portion is bigger or smaller, set how much you eat above and the macros follow.

The cooking fat is not counted. The source gives no amount for the oil or butter this is cooked in. Calories and fat will be higher than shown.

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Ingredients

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Oil
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
15 tomatoes, cubed
10 bell peppers, cut into small pieces
5 chile peppers, chopped small
330 ml canned tomato paste
Salt
Pepper
Cumin
Parsley
Oregano

Ingredients for 7 servings (3.7 kg) · the original recipe

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Method

1
Take a pot that is big enough for all of the above ingredients, cover the bottom with oil, and put it on a flame.
2
When the oil gets hot, add the onion and garlic.
3
When they start to fry, add the rest of the vegetables and salt.
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4
Mix it up a bit and cover the pot.
5
Leave it to cook, mixing it every so often, until the level of the liquid is higher than the level of the vegetables.
6
Drain off most (but not all) the liquid.
7
Add the tomato paste and the spices.
8
Mix, and let it cool.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.